Method and apparatus for operating resource selection and harq operation in nr v2x

ABSTRACT

A method for performing wireless communication by a first apparatus is proposed. The method may comprise the steps of: receiving a configured grant (CG) from a base station, wherein the CG includes information about a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource associated with a sidelink; on the basis of the CG, transmitting a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) to a second apparatus; on the basis of the CG, transmitting, to the second apparatus, a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) associated with the PSCCH, wherein SL hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback is disabled; and on the basis of a retransmission associated with the PSSCH, having not been requested, transmitting an acknowledgement (ACK) to the base station via the PUCCH resource.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No.17/706,266, filed on Mar. 28, 2022, which is a continuation ofInternational Application No. PCT/KR2021/001883, filed on Feb. 15, 2021,which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Nos.62/977,134 filed on Feb. 14, 2020, 62/981,016 filed on Feb. 24, 2020,62/982,056 filed on Feb. 26, 2020, 62/982,748 filed on Feb. 27, 2020,and 62/983,437 filed on Feb. 28, 2020, the contents of all of which arehereby incorporated by reference herein in their entireties.

BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE Field of the Disclosure

This disclosure relates to a wireless communication system.

Related Art

Sidelink (SL) communication is a communication scheme in which a directlink is established between User Equipments (UEs) and the UEs exchangevoice and data directly with each other without intervention of anevolved Node B (eNB). SL communication is under consideration as asolution to the overhead of an eNB caused by rapidly increasing datatraffic.

Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) refers to a communication technology throughwhich a vehicle exchanges information with another vehicle, apedestrian, an object having an infrastructure (or infra) establishedtherein, and so on. The V2X may be divided into 4 types, such asvehicle-to-vehicle (V2V), vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I),vehicle-to-network (V2N), and vehicle-to-pedestrian (V2P). The V2Xcommunication may be provided via a PC5 interface and/or Uu interface.

Meanwhile, as a wider range of communication devices require largercommunication capacities, the need for mobile broadband communicationthat is more enhanced than the existing Radio Access Technology (RAT) isrising. Accordingly, discussions are made on services and user equipment(UE) that are sensitive to reliability and latency. And, a nextgeneration radio access technology that is based on the enhanced mobilebroadband communication, massive Machine Type Communication (MTC),Ultra-Reliable and Low Latency Communication (URLLC), and so on, may bereferred to as a new radio access technology (RAT) or new radio (NR).Herein, the NR may also support vehicle-to-everything (V2X)communication.

FIG. 1 is a drawing for describing V2X communication based on NR,compared to V2X communication based on RAT used before NR. Theembodiment of FIG. 1 may be combined with various embodiments of thepresent disclosure.

Regarding V2X communication, a scheme of providing a safety service,based on a V2X message such as Basic Safety Message (BSM), CooperativeAwareness Message (CAM), and Decentralized Environmental NotificationMessage (DENM) is focused in the discussion on the RAT used before theNR. The V2X message may include position information, dynamicinformation, attribute information, or the like. For example, a UE maytransmit a periodic message type CAM and/or an event triggered messagetype DENM to another UE.

For example, the CAM may include dynamic state information of thevehicle such as direction and speed, static data of the vehicle such asa size, and basic vehicle information such as an exterior illuminationstate, route details, or the like. For example, the UE may broadcast theCAM, and latency of the CAM may be less than 100 ms. For example, the UEmay generate the DENM and transmit it to another UE in an unexpectedsituation such as a vehicle breakdown, accident, or the like. Forexample, all vehicles within a transmission range of the UE may receivethe CAM and/or the DENM. In this case, the DENM may have a higherpriority than the CAM.

Thereafter, regarding V2X communication, various V2X scenarios areproposed in NR. For example, the various V2X scenarios may includevehicle platooning, advanced driving, extended sensors, remote driving,or the like.

For example, based on the vehicle platooning, vehicles may move togetherby dynamically forming a group. For example, in order to perform platoonoperations based on the vehicle platooning, the vehicles belonging tothe group may receive periodic data from a leading vehicle. For example,the vehicles belonging to the group may decrease or increase an intervalbetween the vehicles by using the periodic data.

For example, based on the advanced driving, the vehicle may besemi-automated or fully automated. For example, each vehicle may adjusttrajectories or maneuvers, based on data obtained from a local sensor ofa proximity vehicle and/or a proximity logical entity. In addition, forexample, each vehicle may share driving intention with proximityvehicles.

For example, based on the extended sensors, raw data, processed data, orlive video data obtained through the local sensors may be exchangedbetween a vehicle, a logical entity, a UE of pedestrians, and/or a V2Xapplication server. Therefore, for example, the vehicle may recognize amore improved environment than an environment in which a self-sensor isused for detection.

For example, based on the remote driving, for a person who cannot driveor a remote vehicle in a dangerous environment, a remote driver or a V2Xapplication may operate or control the remote vehicle. For example, if aroute is predictable such as public transportation, cloud computingbased driving may be used for the operation or control of the remotevehicle. In addition, for example, an access for a cloud-based back-endservice platform may be considered for the remote driving.

Meanwhile, a scheme of specifying service requirements for various V2Xscenarios such as vehicle platooning, advanced driving, extendedsensors, remote driving, or the like is discussed in NR-based V2Xcommunication.

SUMMARY OF THE DISCLOSURE Technical Objects

Meanwhile, in NR V2X communication or NR sidelink communication, when abase station signals a mode 1 grant to a transmitting UE, an associatedPUCCH resource may be allocated or scheduled for the transmitting UE.Then, for example, if the transmitting UE performs transmission withoutrequesting or receiving sidelink HARQ feedback from a receiving UEthrough the mode 1 transmission resource, and if the transmitting UEneeds additional retransmission resource(s), a method for requestingresource(s) from the base station may be required. Also, for example, ifthe transmitting UE performs transmission without requesting orreceiving sidelink HARQ feedback from the receiving UE through the mode1 transmission resource, and if additional retransmission resource(s) isnot required, it may be necessary for the transmitting UE to inform thebase station that additional retransmission resource(s) is not required.

Technical Solutions

In one embodiment, a method for performing, by a first device, wirelesscommunication is provided. The method may comprise: receiving, from abase station, a configured grant (CG) including information on aphysical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource related to sidelink(SL); transmitting, to a second device, a physical sidelink controlchannel (PSCCH) based on the CG; transmitting, to the second device, aphysical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) related to the PSCCH based onthe CG; and transmitting, to the base station through the PUCCHresource, acknowledgment (ACK), based on SL hybrid automatic repeatrequest (HARQ) feedback being disabled and retransmission related to thePSSCH not being required.

Effects of the Disclosure

The user equipment (UE) may efficiently perform SL communication.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a drawing for describing V2X communication based on NR,compared to V2X communication based on RAT used before NR.

FIG. 2 shows a structure of an NR system, based on an embodiment of thepresent disclosure.

FIG. 3 shows a functional division between an NG-RAN and a 5GC, based onan embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 4 shows a radio protocol architecture, based on an embodiment ofthe present disclosure.

FIG. 5 shows a structure of an NR system, based on an embodiment of thepresent disclosure.

FIG. 6 shows a structure of a slot of an NR frame, based on anembodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 7 shows an example of a BWP, based on an embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

FIG. 8 shows a radio protocol architecture for a SL communication, basedon an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 9 shows a UE performing V2X or SL communication, based on anembodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 10 shows a procedure of performing V2X or SL communication by a UEbased on a transmission mode, based on an embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

FIG. 11 shows three cast types, based on an embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

FIG. 12 shows a method in which a UE that has reserved transmissionresource(s) informs another UE of the transmission resource(s), based onan embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 13 shows a procedure in which a transmitting UE transmits sidelinkHARQ feedback to a base station through a PUCCH, based on an embodimentof the present disclosure.

FIG. 14 shows a method for a transmitting UE to reselect a firsttransmission resource, based on an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 15 shows an example in which a transmitting UE reselects a firsttransmission resource based on overlapping of the first transmissionresource with a second transmission resource to be used by other UE,based on an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 16 shows a procedure in which a transmitting UE transmits sidelinkHARQ feedback to a base station through a PUCCH and receives a DG fromthe base station, based on an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 17 shows an example in which a transmitting UE performsretransmission through a resource allocated through a CG within apre-configured time window, based on an embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

FIG. 18 shows a procedure for transmitting ACK to a base station basedon a DG which is received by a transmitting UE, based on an embodimentof the present disclosure.

FIG. 19 shows a method in which a first device transmits sidelink HARQfeedback to a base station through a PUCCH, based on an embodiment ofthe present disclosure.

FIG. 20 shows a method in which a first device transmits a SCI to asecond device through a PSCCH or a PSSCH related to the PSCCH, based onan embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 21 shows a communication system 1, based on an embodiment of thepresent disclosure.

FIG. 22 shows wireless devices, based on an embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

FIG. 23 shows a signal process circuit for a transmission signal, basedon an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 24 shows another example of a wireless device, based on anembodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 25 shows a hand-held device, based on an embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

FIG. 26 shows a vehicle or an autonomous vehicle, based on an embodimentof the present disclosure.

DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS

In the present disclosure, “A or B” may mean “only A”, “only B” or “bothA and B.” In other words, in the present disclosure, “A or B” may beinterpreted as “A and/or B”. For example, in the present disclosure, “A,B, or C” may mean “only A”, “only B”, “only C”, or “any combination ofA, B, C”.

A slash (/) or comma used in the present disclosure may mean “and/or”.For example, “A/B” may mean “A and/or B”. Accordingly, “A/B” may mean“only A”, “only B”, or “both A and B”. For example, “A, B, C” may mean“A, B, or C”.

In the present disclosure, “at least one of A and B” may mean “only A”,“only B”, or “both A and B”. In addition, in the present disclosure, theexpression “at least one of A or B” or “at least one of A and/or B” maybe interpreted as “at least one of A and B”.

In addition, in the present disclosure, “at least one of A, B, and C”may mean “only A”, “only B”, “only C”, or “any combination of A, B, andC”. In addition, “at least one of A, B, or C” or “at least one of A, B,and/or C” may mean “at least one of A, B, and C”.

In addition, a parenthesis used in the present disclosure may mean “forexample”. Specifically, when indicated as “control information (PDCCH)”,it may mean that “PDCCH” is proposed as an example of the “controlinformation”. In other words, the “control information” of the presentdisclosure is not limited to “PDCCH”, and “PDCCH” may be proposed as anexample of the “control information”. In addition, when indicated as“control information (i.e., PDCCH)”, it may also mean that “PDCCH” isproposed as an example of the “control information”.

A technical feature described individually in one figure in the presentdisclosure may be individually implemented, or may be simultaneouslyimplemented.

The technology described below may be used in various wirelesscommunication systems such as code division multiple access (CDMA),frequency division multiple access (FDMA), time division multiple access(TDMA), orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA), singlecarrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA), and so on. TheCDMA may be implemented with a radio technology, such as universalterrestrial radio access (UTRA) or CDMA-2000. The TDMA may beimplemented with a radio technology, such as global system for mobilecommunications (GSM)/general packet ratio service (GPRS)/enhanced datarate for GSM evolution (EDGE). The OFDMA may be implemented with a radiotechnology, such as institute of electrical and electronics engineers(IEEE) 802.11 (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX), IEEE 802.20, evolved UTRA(E-UTRA), and so on. IEEE 802.16m is an evolved version of IEEE 802.16eand provides backward compatibility with a system based on the IEEE802.16e. The UTRA is part of a universal mobile telecommunication system(UMTS). 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) long term evolution(LTE) is part of an evolved UMTS (E-UMTS) using the E-UTRA. The 3GPP LTEuses the OFDMA in a downlink and uses the SC-FDMA in an uplink.LTE-advanced (LTE-A) is an evolution of the LTE.

5G NR is a successive technology of LTE-A corresponding to a newClean-slate type mobile communication system having the characteristicsof high performance, low latency, high availability, and so on. 5G NRmay use resources of all spectrum available for usage including lowfrequency bands of less than 1 GHz, middle frequency bands ranging from1 GHz to 10 GHz, high frequency (millimeter waves) of 24 GHz or more,and so on.

For clarity in the description, the following description will mostlyfocus on LTE-A or 5G NR. However, technical features according to anembodiment of the present disclosure will not be limited only to this.

FIG. 2 shows a structure of an NR system, based on an embodiment of thepresent disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 2 may be combined withvarious embodiments of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 2 , a next generation-radio access network (NG-RAN)may include a BS 20 providing a UE 10 with a user plane and controlplane protocol termination. For example, the BS 20 may include a nextgeneration-Node B (gNB) and/or an evolved-NodeB (eNB). For example, theUE 10 may be fixed or mobile and may be referred to as other terms, suchas a mobile station (MS), a user terminal (UT), a subscriber station(SS), a mobile terminal (MT), wireless device, and so on. For example,the BS may be referred to as a fixed station which communicates with theUE 10 and may be referred to as other terms, such as a base transceiversystem (BTS), an access point (AP), and so on.

The embodiment of FIG. 2 exemplifies a case where only the gNB isincluded. The BSs 20 may be connected to one another via Xn interface.The BS 20 may be connected to one another via 5th generation (5G) corenetwork (5GC) and NG interface. More specifically, the BSs 20 may beconnected to an access and mobility management function (AMF) 30 viaNG-C interface, and may be connected to a user plane function (UPF) 30via NG-U interface.

FIG. 3 shows a functional division between an NG-RAN and a 5GC, based onan embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 3 may becombined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 3 , the gNB may provide functions, such as Inter CellRadio Resource Management (RRM), Radio Bearer (RB) control, ConnectionMobility Control, Radio Admission Control, Measurement Configuration &Provision, Dynamic Resource Allocation, and so on. An AMF may providefunctions, such as Non Access Stratum (NAS) security, idle statemobility processing, and so on. A UPF may provide functions, such asMobility Anchoring, Protocol Data Unit (PDU) processing, and so on. ASession Management Function (SMF) may provide functions, such as userequipment (UE) Internet Protocol (IP) address allocation, PDU sessioncontrol, and so on.

Layers of a radio interface protocol between the UE and the network canbe classified into a first layer (L1), a second layer (L2), and a thirdlayer (L3) based on the lower three layers of the open systeminterconnection (OSI) model that is well-known in the communicationsystem. Among them, a physical (PHY) layer belonging to the first layerprovides an information transfer service by using a physical channel,and a radio resource control (RRC) layer belonging to the third layerserves to control a radio resource between the UE and the network. Forthis, the RRC layer exchanges an RRC message between the UE and the BS.

FIG. 4 shows a radio protocol architecture, based on an embodiment ofthe present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 4 may be combined withvarious embodiments of the present disclosure. Specifically, FIG. 4(a)shows a radio protocol architecture for a user plane, and FIG. 4(b)shows a radio protocol architecture for a control plane. The user planecorresponds to a protocol stack for user data transmission, and thecontrol plane corresponds to a protocol stack for control signaltransmission.

Referring to FIG. 4 , a physical layer provides an upper layer with aninformation transfer service through a physical channel. The physicallayer is connected to a medium access control (MAC) layer which is anupper layer of the physical layer through a transport channel. Data istransferred between the MAC layer and the physical layer through thetransport channel. The transport channel is classified according to howand with what characteristics data is transmitted through a radiointerface.

Between different physical layers, i.e., a physical layer of atransmitter and a physical layer of a receiver, data are transferredthrough the physical channel. The physical channel is modulated using anorthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) scheme, and utilizestime and frequency as a radio resource.

The MAC layer provides services to a radio link control (RLC) layer,which is a higher layer of the MAC layer, via a logical channel. The MAClayer provides a function of mapping multiple logical channels tomultiple transport channels. The MAC layer also provides a function oflogical channel multiplexing by mapping multiple logical channels to asingle transport channel. The MAC layer provides data transfer servicesover logical channels.

The RLC layer performs concatenation, segmentation, and reassembly ofRadio Link Control Service Data Unit (RLC SDU). In order to ensurediverse quality of service (QoS) required by a radio bearer (RB), theRLC layer provides three types of operation modes, i.e., a transparentmode (TM), an unacknowledged mode (UM), and an acknowledged mode (AM).An AM RLC provides error correction through an automatic repeat request(ARQ).

A radio resource control (RRC) layer is defined only in the controlplane. The RRC layer serves to control the logical channel, thetransport channel, and the physical channel in association withconfiguration, reconfiguration and release of RBs. The RB is a logicalpath provided by the first layer (i.e., the physical layer or the PHYlayer) and the second layer (i.e., the MAC layer, the RLC layer, and thepacket data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer) for data delivery betweenthe UE and the network.

Functions of a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer in the userplane include user data delivery, header compression, and ciphering.Functions of a PDCP layer in the control plane include control-planedata delivery and ciphering/integrity protection.

A service data adaptation protocol (SDAP) layer is defined only in auser plane. The SDAP layer performs mapping between a Quality of Service(QoS) flow and a data radio bearer (DRB) and QoS flow ID (QFI) markingin both DL and UL packets.

The configuration of the RB implies a process for specifying a radioprotocol layer and channel properties to provide a particular serviceand for determining respective detailed parameters and operations. TheRB can be classified into two types, i.e., a signaling RB (SRB) and adata RB (DRB). The SRB is used as a path for transmitting an RRC messagein the control plane. The DRB is used as a path for transmitting userdata in the user plane.

When an RRC connection is established between an RRC layer of the UE andan RRC layer of the E-UTRAN, the UE is in an RRC_CONNECTED state, and,otherwise, the UE may be in an RRC_IDLE state. In case of the NR, anRRC_INACTIVE state is additionally defined, and a UE being in theRRC_INACTIVE state may maintain its connection with a core networkwhereas its connection with the BS is released.

Data is transmitted from the network to the UE through a downlinktransport channel. Examples of the downlink transport channel include abroadcast channel (BCH) for transmitting system information and adownlink-shared channel (SCH) for transmitting user traffic or controlmessages. Traffic of downlink multicast or broadcast services or thecontrol messages can be transmitted on the downlink-SCH or an additionaldownlink multicast channel (MCH). Data is transmitted from the UE to thenetwork through an uplink transport channel. Examples of the uplinktransport channel include a random access channel (RACH) fortransmitting an initial control message and an uplink SCH fortransmitting user traffic or control messages.

Examples of logical channels belonging to a higher channel of thetransport channel and mapped onto the transport channels include abroadcast channel (BCCH), a paging control channel (PCCH), a commoncontrol channel (CCCH), a multicast control channel (MCCH), a multicasttraffic channel (MTCH), etc.

The physical channel includes several OFDM symbols in a time domain andseveral sub-carriers in a frequency domain. One sub-frame includes aplurality of OFDM symbols in the time domain. A resource block is a unitof resource allocation, and consists of a plurality of OFDM symbols anda plurality of sub-carriers. Further, each subframe may use specificsub-carriers of specific OFDM symbols (e.g., a first OFDM symbol) of acorresponding subframe for a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH),i.e., an L1/L2 control channel. A transmission time interval (TTI) is aunit time of subframe transmission.

FIG. 5 shows a structure of an NR system, based on an embodiment of thepresent disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 5 may be combined withvarious embodiments of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 5 , in the NR, a radio frame may be used forperforming uplink and downlink transmission. A radio frame has a lengthof 10 ms and may be defined to be configured of two half-frames (HFs). Ahalf-frame may include five 1 ms subframes (SFs). A subframe (SF) may bedivided into one or more slots, and the number of slots within asubframe may be determined based on subcarrier spacing (SCS). Each slotmay include 12 or 14 OFDM(A) symbols according to a cyclic prefix (CP).

In case of using a normal CP, each slot may include 14 symbols. In caseof using an extended CP, each slot may include 12 symbols. Herein, asymbol may include an OFDM symbol (or CP-OFDM symbol) and a SingleCarrier-FDMA (SC-FDMA) symbol (or Discrete Fourier Transform-spread-OFDM(DFT-s-OFDM) symbol).

Table 1 shown below represents an example of a number of symbols perslot (N^(slot) _(symb)), a number slots per frame (N^(frame,u) _(slot)),and a number of slots per subframe (N^(subframe,u) _(slot)) based on anSCS configuration (u), in a case where a normal CP is used.

TABLE 1 SCS (15*2^(u)) N^(slot) _(symb) N^(frame, u) _(slot)N^(subframe, u) _(slot) 15 KHz (u = 0) 14 10 1 30 KHz (u = 1) 14 20 2 60KHz (u = 2) 14 40 4 120 KHz (u = 3)  14 80 8 240 KHz (u = 4)  14 160 16

Table 2 shows an example of a number of symbols per slot, a number ofslots per frame, and a number of slots per subframe based on the SCS, ina case where an extended CP is used.

TABLE 2 SCS (15*2^(u)) N^(slot) _(symb) N^(frame, u) _(slot)N^(subframe, u) _(slot) 60 KHz (u = 2) 12 40 4

In an NR system, OFDM(A) numerologies (e.g., SCS, CP length, and so on)between multiple cells being integrate to one UE may be differentlyconfigured. Accordingly, a (absolute time) duration (or section) of atime resource (e.g., subframe, slot or TTI) (collectively referred to asa time unit (TU) for simplicity) being configured of the same number ofsymbols may be differently configured in the integrated cells.

In the NR, multiple numerologies or SCSs for supporting diverse 5Gservices may be supported. For example, in case an SCS is 15 kHz, a widearea of the conventional cellular bands may be supported, and, in casean SCS is 30 kHz/60 kHz a dense-urban, lower latency, wider carrierbandwidth may be supported. In case the SCS is 60 kHz or higher, abandwidth that is greater than 24.25 GHz may be used in order toovercome phase noise.

An NR frequency band may be defined as two different types of frequencyranges. The two different types of frequency ranges may be FR1 and FR2.The values of the frequency ranges may be changed (or varied), and, forexample, the two different types of frequency ranges may be as shownbelow in Table 3. Among the frequency ranges that are used in an NRsystem, FR1 may mean a “sub 6 GHz range”, and FR2 may mean an “above 6GHz range” and may also be referred to as a millimeter wave (mmW).

TABLE 3 Frequency Range Corresponding designation frequency rangeSubcarrier Spacing (SCS) FR1  450 MHz-6000 MHz  15, 30, 60 kHz FR2 24250MHz-52600 MHz 60, 120, 240 kHz

As described above, the values of the frequency ranges in the NR systemmay be changed (or varied). For example, as shown below in Table 4, FR1may include a band within a range of 410 MHz to 7125 MHz. Morespecifically, FR1 may include a frequency band of 6 GHz (or 5850, 5900,5925 MHz, and so on) and higher. For example, a frequency band of 6 GHz(or 5850, 5900, 5925 MHz, and so on) and higher being included in FR1mat include an unlicensed band. The unlicensed band may be used fordiverse purposes, e.g., the unlicensed band for vehicle-specificcommunication (e.g., automated driving).

TABLE 4 Frequency Range Corresponding designation frequency rangeSubcarrier Spacing (SCS) FR1  410 MHz-7125 MHz  15, 30, 60 kHz FR2 24250MHz-52600 MHz 60, 120, 240 kHz

FIG. 6 shows a structure of a slot of an NR frame, based on anembodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 6 may becombined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 6 , a slot includes a plurality of symbols in a timedomain. For example, in case of a normal CP, one slot may include 14symbols. However, in case of an extended CP, one slot may include 12symbols. Alternatively, in case of a normal CP, one slot may include 7symbols. However, in case of an extended CP, one slot may include 6symbols.

A carrier includes a plurality of subcarriers in a frequency domain. AResource Block (RB) may be defined as a plurality of consecutivesubcarriers (e.g., 12 subcarriers) in the frequency domain. A BandwidthPart (BWP) may be defined as a plurality of consecutive (Physical)Resource Blocks ((P)RBs) in the frequency domain, and the BWP maycorrespond to one numerology (e.g., SCS, CP length, and so on). Acarrier may include a maximum of N number BWPs (e.g., 5 BWPs). Datacommunication may be performed via an activated BWP. Each element may bereferred to as a Resource Element (RE) within a resource grid and onecomplex symbol may be mapped to each element.

Meanwhile, a radio interface between a UE and another UE or a radiointerface between the UE and a network may consist of an L1 layer, an L2layer, and an L3 layer. In various embodiments of the presentdisclosure, the L1 layer may imply a physical layer. In addition, forexample, the L2 layer may imply at least one of a MAC layer, an RLClayer, a PDCP layer, and an SDAP layer. In addition, for example, the L3layer may imply an RRC layer.

Hereinafter, a bandwidth part (BWP) and a carrier will be described.

The BWP may be a set of consecutive physical resource blocks (PRBs) in agiven numerology. The PRB may be selected from consecutive sub-sets ofcommon resource blocks (CRBs) for the given numerology on a givencarrier.

When using bandwidth adaptation (BA), a reception bandwidth andtransmission bandwidth of a UE are not necessarily as large as abandwidth of a cell, and the reception bandwidth and transmissionbandwidth of the BS may be adjusted. For example, a network/BS mayinform the UE of bandwidth adjustment. For example, the UE receiveinformation/configuration for bandwidth adjustment from the network/BS.In this case, the UE may perform bandwidth adjustment based on thereceived information/configuration. For example, the bandwidthadjustment may include an increase/decrease of the bandwidth, a positionchange of the bandwidth, or a change in subcarrier spacing of thebandwidth.

For example, the bandwidth may be decreased during a period in whichactivity is low to save power. For example, the position of thebandwidth may move in a frequency domain. For example, the position ofthe bandwidth may move in the frequency domain to increase schedulingflexibility. For example, the subcarrier spacing of the bandwidth may bechanged. For example, the subcarrier spacing of the bandwidth may bechanged to allow a different service. A subset of a total cell bandwidthof a cell may be called a bandwidth part (BWP). The BA may be performedwhen the BS/network configures the BWP to the UE and the BS/networkinforms the UE of the BWP currently in an active state among theconfigured BWPs.

For example, the BWP may be at least any one of an active BWP, aninitial BWP, and/or a default BWP. For example, the UE may not monitordownlink radio link quality in a DL BWP other than an active DL BWP on aprimary cell (PCell). For example, the UE may not receive PDCCH,physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), or channel stateinformation-reference signal (CSI-RS) (excluding RRM) outside the activeDL BWP. For example, the UE may not trigger a channel state information(CSI) report for the inactive DL BWP. For example, the UE may nottransmit physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) or physical uplinkshared channel (PUSCH) outside an active UL BWP. For example, in adownlink case, the initial BWP may be given as a consecutive RB set fora remaining minimum system information (RMSI) control resource set(CORESET) (configured by physical broadcast channel (PBCH)). Forexample, in an uplink case, the initial BWP may be given by systeminformation block (SIB) for a random access procedure. For example, thedefault BWP may be configured by a higher layer. For example, an initialvalue of the default BWP may be an initial DL BWP. For energy saving, ifthe UE fails to detect downlink control information (DCI) during aspecific period, the UE may switch the active BWP of the UE to thedefault BWP.

Meanwhile, the BWP may be defined for SL. The same SL BWP may be used intransmission and reception. For example, a transmitting UE may transmita SL channel or a SL signal on a specific BWP, and a receiving UE mayreceive the SL channel or the SL signal on the specific BWP. In alicensed carrier, the SL BWP may be defined separately from a Uu BWP,and the SL BWP may have configuration signaling separate from the UuBWP. For example, the UE may receive a configuration for the SL BWP fromthe BS/network. The SL BWP may be (pre-)configured in a carrier withrespect to an out-of-coverage NR V2X UE and an RRC_IDLE UE. For the UEin the RRC_CONNECTED mode, at least one SL BWP may be activated in thecarrier.

FIG. 7 shows an example of a BWP, based on an embodiment of the presentdisclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 7 may be combined with variousembodiments of the present disclosure. It is assumed in the embodimentof FIG. 7 that the number of BWPs is 3.

Referring to FIG. 7 , a common resource block (CRB) may be a carrierresource block numbered from one end of a carrier band to the other endthereof. In addition, the PRB may be a resource block numbered withineach BWP. A point A may indicate a common reference point for a resourceblock grid.

The BWP may be configured by a point A, an offset N^(start) _(BWP) fromthe point A, and a bandwidth N^(size) _(BWP). For example, the point Amay be an external reference point of a PRB of a carrier in which asubcarrier 0 of all numerologies (e.g., all numerologies supported by anetwork on that carrier) is aligned. For example, the offset may be aPRB interval between a lowest subcarrier and the point A in a givennumerology. For example, the bandwidth may be the number of PRBs in thegiven numerology.

Hereinafter, V2X or SL communication will be described.

FIG. 8 shows a radio protocol architecture for a SL communication, basedon an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 8 maybe combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure. Morespecifically, FIG. 8(a) shows a user plane protocol stack, and FIG. 8(b)shows a control plane protocol stack.

Hereinafter, a sidelink synchronization signal (SLSS) andsynchronization information will be described.

The SLSS may include a primary sidelink synchronization signal (PSSS)and a secondary sidelink synchronization signal (SSSS), as a SL-specificsequence. The PSSS may be referred to as a sidelink primarysynchronization signal (S-PSS), and the SSSS may be referred to as asidelink secondary synchronization signal (S-SSS). For example,length-127 M-sequences may be used for the S-PSS, and length-127 goldsequences may be used for the S-SSS. For example, a UE may use the S-PSSfor initial signal detection and for synchronization acquisition. Forexample, the UE may use the S-PSS and the S-SSS for acquisition ofdetailed synchronization and for detection of a synchronization signalID.

A physical sidelink broadcast channel (PSBCH) may be a (broadcast)channel for transmitting default (system) information which must befirst known by the UE before SL signal transmission/reception. Forexample, the default information may be information related to SLSS, aduplex mode (DM), a time division duplex (TDD) uplink/downlink (UL/DL)configuration, information related to a resource pool, a type of anapplication related to the SLSS, a subframe offset, broadcastinformation, or the like. For example, for evaluation of PSBCHperformance, in NR V2X, a payload size of the PSBCH may be 56 bitsincluding 24-bit cyclic redundancy check (CRC).

The S-PSS, the S-SSS, and the PSBCH may be included in a block format(e.g., SL synchronization signal (SS)/PSBCH block, hereinafter,sidelink-synchronization signal block (S-SSB)) supporting periodicaltransmission. The S-SSB may have the same numerology (i.e., SCS and CPlength) as a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH)/physical sidelinkshared channel (PSSCH) in a carrier, and a transmission bandwidth mayexist within a (pre-)configured sidelink (SL) BWP. For example, theS-SSB may have a bandwidth of 11 resource blocks (RBs). For example, thePSBCH may exist across 11 RBs. In addition, a frequency position of theS-SSB may be (pre-)configured. Accordingly, the UE does not have toperform hypothesis detection at frequency to discover the S-SSB in thecarrier.

FIG. 9 shows a UE performing V2X or SL communication, based on anembodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 9 may becombined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 9 , in V2X or SL communication, the term ‘UE’ maygenerally imply a UE of a user. However, if a network equipment such asa BS transmits/receives a signal according to a communication schemebetween UEs, the BS may also be regarded as a sort of the UE. Forexample, a UE 1 may be a first apparatus 100, and a UE 2 may be a secondapparatus 200.

For example, the UE 1 may select a resource unit corresponding to aspecific resource in a resource pool which implies a set of series ofresources. In addition, the UE 1 may transmit a SL signal by using theresource unit. For example, a resource pool in which the UE 1 is capableof transmitting a signal may be configured to the UE 2 which is areceiving UE, and the signal of the UE 1 may be detected in the resourcepool.

Herein, if the UE 1 is within a connectivity range of the BS, the BS mayinform the UE 1 of the resource pool. Otherwise, if the UE 1 is out ofthe connectivity range of the BS, another UE may inform the UE 1 of theresource pool, or the UE 1 may use a pre-configured resource pool.

In general, the resource pool may be configured in unit of a pluralityof resources, and each UE may select a unit of one or a plurality ofresources to use it in SL signal transmission thereof.

Hereinafter, resource allocation in SL will be described.

FIG. 10 shows a procedure of performing V2X or SL communication by a UEbased on a transmission mode, based on an embodiment of the presentdisclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 10 may be combined with variousembodiments of the present disclosure. In various embodiments of thepresent disclosure, the transmission mode may be called a mode or aresource allocation mode. Hereinafter, for convenience of explanation,in LTE, the transmission mode may be called an LTE transmission mode. InNR, the transmission mode may be called an NR resource allocation mode.

For example, FIG. 10(a) shows a UE operation related to an LTEtransmission mode 1 or an LTE transmission mode 3. Alternatively, forexample, FIG. 10(a) shows a UE operation related to an NR resourceallocation mode 1. For example, the LTE transmission mode 1 may beapplied to general SL communication, and the LTE transmission mode 3 maybe applied to V2X communication.

For example, FIG. 10(b) shows a UE operation related to an LTEtransmission mode 2 or an LTE transmission mode 4. Alternatively, forexample, FIG. 10(b) shows a UE operation related to an NR resourceallocation mode 2.

Referring to FIG. 10(a), in the LTE transmission mode 1, the LTEtransmission mode 3, or the NR resource allocation mode 1, a BS mayschedule a SL resource to be used by the UE for SL transmission. Forexample, the BS may perform resource scheduling to a UE 1 through aPDCCH (more specifically, downlink control information (DCI)), and theUE 1 may perform V2X or SL communication with respect to a UE 2according to the resource scheduling. For example, the UE 1 may transmita sidelink control information (SCI) to the UE 2 through a physicalsidelink control channel (PSCCH), and thereafter transmit data based onthe SCI to the UE 2 through a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH).

Referring to FIG. 10(b), in the LTE transmission mode 2, the LTEtransmission mode 4, or the NR resource allocation mode 2, the UE maydetermine a SL transmission resource within a SL resource configured bya BS/network or a pre-configured SL resource. For example, theconfigured SL resource or the pre-configured SL resource may be aresource pool. For example, the UE may autonomously select or schedule aresource for SL transmission. For example, the UE may perform SLcommunication by autonomously selecting a resource within a configuredresource pool. For example, the UE may autonomously select a resourcewithin a selective window by performing a sensing and resource(re)selection procedure. For example, the sensing may be performed inunit of subchannels. In addition, the UE 1 which has autonomouslyselected the resource within the resource pool may transmit the SCI tothe UE 2 through a PSCCH, and thereafter may transmit data based on theSCI to the UE 2 through a PSS CH.

FIG. 11 shows three cast types, based on an embodiment of the presentdisclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 11 may be combined with variousembodiments of the present disclosure. Specifically, FIG. 11(a) showsbroadcast-type SL communication, FIG. 11(b) shows unicast type-SLcommunication, and FIG. 11(c) shows groupcast-type SL communication. Incase of the unicast-type SL communication, a UE may perform one-to-onecommunication with respect to another UE. In case of the groupcast-typeSL transmission, the UE may perform SL communication with respect to oneor more UEs in a group to which the UE belongs. In various embodimentsof the present disclosure, SL groupcast communication may be replacedwith SL multicast communication, SL one-to-many communication, or thelike.

Meanwhile, in the present disclosure, for example, a transmitting UE (TXUE) may be a UE which transmits data to a (target) receiving UE (RX UE).For example, the TX UE may be a UE which performs PSCCH transmissionand/or PSSCH transmission. Additionally/alternatively, for example, theTX UE may be a UE which transmits SL CSI-RS(s) and/or a SL CSI reportrequest indicator to the (target) RX UE. Additionally/alternatively, forexample, the TX UE may be a UE which transmits a (control) channel(e.g., PSCCH, PSSCH, etc.) and/or reference signal(s) on the (control)channel (e.g., DM-RS, CSI-RS, etc.), to be used for a SL radio linkmonitoring (RLM) operation and/or a SL radio link failure (RLF)operation of the (target) RX UE.

Meanwhile, in the present disclosure, for example, a receiving UE (RXUE) may be a UE which transmits SL HARQ feedback to a transmitting UE(TX UE) based on whether decoding of data received from the TX UE issuccessful and/or whether detection/decoding of a PSCCH (related toPSSCH scheduling) transmitted by the TX UE is successful.Additionally/alternatively, for example, the RX UE may be a UE whichperforms SL CSI transmission to the TX UE based on SL CSI-RS(s) and/or aSL CSI report request indicator received from the TX UE.Additionally/alternatively, for example, the RX UE is a UE whichtransmits a SL (L1) reference signal received power (RSRP) measurementvalue, to the TX UE, measured based on (pre-defined) reference signal(s)and/or a SL (L1) RSRP report request indicator received from the TX UE.Additionally/alternatively, for example, the RX UE may be a UE whichtransmits data of the RX UE to the TX UE. Additionally/alternatively,for example, the RX UE may be a UE which performs a SL RLM operationand/or a SL RLF operation based on a (pre-configured) (control) channeland/or reference signal(s) on the (control) channel received from the TXUE.

Meanwhile, in the present disclosure, for example, in case the RX UEtransmits SL HARQ feedback information for a PSSCH and/or a PSCCHreceived from the TX UE, the following options or some of the followingoptions may be considered. Herein, for example, the following options orsome of the following options may be limitedly applied only if the RX UEsuccessfully decodes/detects a PSCCH scheduling a PSSCH.

(1) groupcast option 1: no acknowledgement (NACK) information may betransmitted to the TX UE only if the RX UE fails to decode/receive thePSSCH received from the TX UE.

(2) groupcast option 2: If the RX UE succeeds in decoding/receiving thePSSCH received from the TX UE, ACK information may be transmitted to theTX UE, and if the RX UE fails to decode/receive the PSSCH, NACKinformation may be transmitted to the TX UE.

Meanwhile, in the present disclosure, for example, the TX UE maytransmit the following information or some of the following informationto the RX UE through SCI(s). Herein, for example, the TX UE may transmitsome or all of the following information to the RX UE through a firstSCI and/or a second SCI.

-   -   PSSCH (and/or PSCCH) related resource allocation information        (e.g., the location/number of time/frequency resources, resource        reservation information (e.g., period))    -   SL CSI report request indicator or SL (L1) reference signal        received power (RSRP) (and/or SL (L1) reference signal received        quality (RSRQ) and/or SL (L1) reference signal strength        indicator (RSSI)) report request indicator    -   SL CSI transmission indicator (or SL (L1) RSRP (and/or SL (L1)        RSRQ and/or SL (L1) RSSI) information transmission indicator)        (on a PSSCH)    -   Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) information    -   TX power information    -   L1 destination ID information and/or L1 source ID information    -   SL HARQ process ID information    -   New Data Indicator (NDI) information    -   Redundancy Version (RV) information    -   (Transmission traffic/packet related) QoS information (e.g.,        priority information)    -   SL CSI-RS transmission indicator or information on the number of        antenna ports for (transmitting) SL CSI-RS    -   TX UE location information or location (or distance range)        information of the target RX UE (for which SL HARQ feedback is        requested)    -   Reference signal (e.g., DM-RS, etc.) information related to        decoding (and/or channel estimation) of data transmitted through        a PSSCH. For example, information related to a pattern of        (time-frequency) mapping resources of DM-RS(s), RANK        information, antenna port index information, information on the        number of antenna ports, etc.

Meanwhile, in the present disclosure, for example, since the TX UE maytransmit a SCI, a first SCI and/or a second SCI to the RX UE through aPSCCH, the PSCCH may be replaced/substituted with the SCI and/or thefirst SCI and/or the second SCI.

Additionally/alternatively, the SCI may be replaced/substituted with thePSCCH and/or the first SCI and/or the second SCI.Additionally/alternatively, for example, since the TX UE may transmit asecond SCI to the RX UE through a PSSCH, the PSSCH may bereplaced/substituted with the second SCI.

Meanwhile, in the present disclosure, for example, if SCI configurationfields are divided into two groups in consideration of a (relatively)high SCI payload size, the first SCI including a first SCI configurationfield group may be referred to as a 1^(st) SCI, and the second SCIincluding a second SCI configuration field group may be referred to as a2^(nd) SCI. Also, for example, the 1^(st) SCI may be transmitted to thereceiving UE through a PSCCH. Also, for example, the 2^(nd) SCI may betransmitted to the receiving UE through a (independent) PSCCH or may bepiggybacked and transmitted together with data through a PSSCH.

Meanwhile, in the present disclosure, for example, the term“configure/configured” or the term “define/defined” may refer to(pre)configuration from a base station or a network (through pre-definedsignaling (e.g., SIB, MAC, RRC, etc.)) (for each resource pool).

Meanwhile, in the present disclosure, for example, since an RLF may bedetermined based on out-of-synch (OOS) indicator(s) or in-synch (IS)indicator(s), the RLF may be replaced/substituted with out-of-synch(OOS) indicator(s) or in-synch (IS) indicator(s).

Meanwhile, in the present disclosure, for example, an RB may bereplaced/substituted with a subcarrier. Also, in the present disclosure,for example, a packet or a traffic may be replaced/substituted with a TBor a MAC PDU based on a transmission layer.

Meanwhile, in the present disclosure, a CBG may be replaced/substitutedwith a TB.

Meanwhile, in the present disclosure, for example, a source ID may bereplaced/substituted with a destination ID.

Meanwhile, in the present disclosure, for example, an L1 ID may bereplaced/substituted with an L2 ID. For example, the L1 ID may be an L1source ID or an L1 destination ID. For example, the L2 ID may be an L2source ID or an L2 destination ID.

Meanwhile, in the present disclosure, for example, an operation of thetransmitting UE to reserve/select/determine retransmission resource(s)may include: an operation of the transmitting UE toreserve/select/determine potential retransmission resource(s) for whichactual use will be determined based on SL HARQ feedback informationreceived from the receiving UE.

Meanwhile, in the present disclosure, a sub-selection window may bereplaced/substituted with a selection window and/or the pre-configurednumber of resource sets within the selection window, or vice versa.

Meanwhile, in the present disclosure, SL MODE 1 may refer to a resourceallocation method or a communication method in which a base stationdirectly schedules SL transmission resource(s) for a TX UE throughpre-defined signaling (e.g., DCI or RRC message). For example, SL MODE 2may refer to a resource allocation method or a communication method inwhich a UE independently selects SL transmission resource(s) in aresource pool pre-configured or configured from a base station or anetwork. For example, a UE performing SL communication based on SL MODE1 may be referred to as a MODE 1 UE or MODE 1 TX UE, and a UE performingSL communication based on SL MODE 2 may be referred to as a MODE 2 UE orMODE 2 TX UE.

Meanwhile, in the present disclosure, for example, a dynamic grant (DG)may be replaced/substituted with a configured grant (CG) and/or asemi-persistent scheduling (SPS) grant, or vice versa. For example, theDG may be replaced/substituted with a combination of the CG and the SPSgrant, or vice versa. For example, the CG may include at least one of aconfigured grant (CG) type 1 and/or a configured grant (CG) type 2. Forexample, in the CG type 1, a grant may be provided by RRC signaling andmay be stored as a configured grant. For example, in the CG type 2, agrant may be provided by a PDCCH, and may be stored or deleted as aconfigured grant based on L1 signaling indicating activation ordeactivation of the grant.

Meanwhile, in the present disclosure, a channel may bereplaced/substituted with a signal, or vice versa. For example,transmission/reception of a channel may include transmission/receptionof a signal. For example, transmission/reception of a signal may includetransmission/reception of a channel. In addition, for example, cast maybe replaced/substituted with at least one of unicast, groupcast, and/orbroadcast, or vice versa. For example, a cast type may bereplaced/substituted with at least one of unicast, groupcast, and/orbroadcast, or vice versa.

Meanwhile, in the present disclosure, a resource may bereplaced/substituted with a slot or a symbol, or vice versa. Forexample, the resource may include a slot and/or a symbol.

Meanwhile, in the present disclosure, a priority may bereplaced/substituted with at least one of logical channel prioritization(LCP), latency, reliability, minimum required communication range, proseper-packet priority (PPPP), sidelink radio bearer (SLRB), QoS profile,QoS parameter and/or requirement, or vice versa.

Meanwhile, in various embodiments of the present disclosure, thereservation resource and/or the selection resource may bereplaced/substituted with a sidelink grant (SL GRANT).

Meanwhile, in various embodiments of the present disclosure, latency maybe replaced/substituted with a packet delay budget (PDB).

Meanwhile, in various embodiments of the present disclosure, a messagefor triggering a report on sidelink channel state information/sidelinkchannel quality information (hereinafter, SL_CSI information) may bereplaced/substituted with a sidelink channel state information referencesignal (CSI-RS) reception.

Meanwhile, in the present disclosure, blind retransmission may referthat the TX UE performs retransmission without receiving SL HARQfeedback information from the RX UE. For example, SL HARQ feedback-basedretransmission may refer that the TX UE determines whether to performretransmission based on SL HARQ feedback information received from theRX UE. For example, if the TX UE receives NACK and/or DTX informationfrom the RX UE, the TX UE may perform retransmission to the RX UE.

Meanwhile, in the present disclosure, for example, for convenience ofdescription, a (physical) channel used when a RX UE transmits at leastone of the following information to a TX UE may be referred to as aPSFCH.

-   -   SL HARQ feedback, SL CSI, SL (L1) RSRP

Meanwhile, in the present disclosure, a Uu channel may include a ULchannel and/or a DL channel. For example, the UL channel may include aPUSCH, a PUCCH, a sounding reference Signal (SRS), etc. For example, theDL channel may include a PDCCH, a PDSCH, a PSS/SSS, etc. For example, aSL channel may include a PSCCH, a PSSCH, a PSFCH, a PSBCH, a PSSS/SSSS,etc.

Meanwhile, in the present disclosure, sidelink information may includeat least one of a sidelink message, a sidelink packet, a sidelinkservice, sidelink data, sidelink control information, and/or a sidelinktransport block (TB). For example, sidelink information may betransmitted through a PSSCH and/or a PSCCH.

Meanwhile, in NR V2X communication or NR sidelink communication, atransmitting UE may reserve/select one or more transmission resourcesfor sidelink transmission (e.g., initial transmission and/orretransmission), and the transmitting UE may transmit information on thelocation of the one or more transmission resources to receiving UE(s).

Meanwhile, when performing sidelink communication, a method for atransmitting UE to reserve or pre-determine transmission resource(s) forreceiving UE(s) may be representatively as follows.

For example, the transmitting UE may perform a reservation oftransmission resource(s) based on a chain. Specifically, for example, ifthe transmitting UE reserves K transmission resources, the transmittingUE may transmit location information for less than K transmissionresources to receiving UE(s) through a SCI transmitted to the receivingUE(s) at any (or specific) transmission time or a time resource. Thatis, for example, the SCI may include location information for less thanthe K transmission resources. Alternatively, for example, if thetransmitting UE reserves K transmission resources related to a specificTB, the transmitting UE may transmit location information for less thanK transmission resources to receiving UE(s) through a SCI transmitted tothe receiving UE(s) at any (or specific) transmission time or a timeresource. That is, the SCI may include location information for lessthan the K transmission resources. In this case, for example, it ispossible to prevent performance degradation due to an excessive increasein payloads of the SCI, by signaling only the location information forless than K transmission resources to the receiving UE(s) through oneSCI transmitted at any (or specific) transmission time or the timeresource by the transmitting UE.

FIG. 12 shows a method in which a UE that has reserved transmissionresource(s) informs another UE of the transmission resource(s), based onan embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 12 maybe combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.

Specifically, for example, (a) of FIG. 12 shows a method for performingby a transmitting UE chain-based resource reservation bytransmitting/signaling location information of (maximum) 2 transmissionresources to receiving UE(s) through one SCI, in the case of a value ofK=4. For example, (b) of FIG. 12 shows a method for performing by atransmitting UE chain-based resource reservation bytransmitting/signaling location information of (maximum) 3 transmissionresources to receiving UE(s) through one SCI, in the case of a value ofK=4. For example, referring to (a) and (b) of FIG. 12 , the transmittingUE may transmit/signal only location information of the fourthtransmission-related resource to the receiving UE(s) through the fourth(or last) transmission-related PSCCH. For example, referring to (a) ofFIG. 12 , the transmitting UE may transmit/signal to the receiving UE(s)not only location information of the fourth transmission-relatedresource but also location information of the third transmission-relatedresource additionally through the fourth (or last) transmission-relatedPSCCH. For example, referring to (b) of FIG. 12 , the transmitting UEmay transmit/signal to the receiving UE(s) not only location informationof the fourth transmission-related resource but also locationinformation of the second transmission-related resource and locationinformation of the third transmission-related resource additionallythrough the fourth (or last) transmission-related PSCCH. In this case,for example, in (a) and (b) of FIG. 12 , if the transmitting UE maytransmit/signal to the receiving UE(s) only location information of thefourth transmission-related resource through the fourth (or last)transmission-related PSCCH, the transmitting UE may set or designate afield/bit of location information of unused or remaining transmissionresource(s) to a pre-configured value (e.g., 0). For example, in (a) and(b) of FIG. 12 , if the transmitting UE may transmit/signal to thereceiving UE(s) only location information of the fourthtransmission-related resource through the fourth (or last)transmission-related PSCCH, the transmitting UE may be set or designatea field/bit of location information of unused or remaining transmissionresource(s) to a pre-configured status/bit value indicating/representingthe last transmission (among 4 transmissions).

Meanwhile, for example, the transmitting UE may perform a reservation oftransmission resource(s) based on a block. Specifically, for example, ifthe transmitting UE reserves K transmission resources, the transmittingUE may transmit location information for K transmission resources toreceiving UE(s) through a SCI transmitted to the receiving UE(s) at any(or specific) transmission time or a time resource. That is, the SCI mayinclude location information for K transmission resources. For example,if the transmitting UE reserves K transmission resources related to aspecific TB, the transmitting UE may transmit location information for Ktransmission resources to receiving UE(s) through a SCI transmitted tothe receiving UE(s) at any (or specific) transmission time or a timeresource. That is, the SCI may include location information for Ktransmission resources. For example, (c) of FIG. 12 shows a method forperforming by the transmitting UE block-based resource reservation, bysignaling location information of 4 transmission resources to receivingUE(s) through one SCI, in the case of a value of K=4.

Meanwhile, for example, since the base station cannot determine how manyresources the mode 1 transmitting UE requires for MAC PDU transmissionwith HARQ feedback disabled, mode 1 resource allocation/scheduling maybe inefficient.

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, when themode 1 transmitting UE performs MAC PDU transmission with HARQ feedbackdisabled, if additional retransmission resources are not required, thetransmitting UE may report ACK information to the base station throughthe PUCCH resource. Here, for example, the PUCCH resource may be a PUCCHresource related to the previous mode 1 resource.

Meanwhile, for example, due to the decoding and/or reception performanceof the UE, since a size of the resource reservation period field on theSCI (hereinafter, RSV_BITNUM) is limited, a mapping relationship betweena reservation period value of the selectable candidate resourcesconfigured/allowed for the UE resource pool specifically and a bit valuefor a reservation period field of a resource may be ambiguous.

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, the basestation/network may configure a candidate resource reservation periodvalue that can be used/selectable in the resource pool for the UE,within a range not exceeding 2{circumflex over ( )}{RSV_BITNUM}. In thiscase, for example, the candidate resource reservation period valueconfigured for the UE may be sequentially mapped from the firstcandidate resource reservation period to the ascending status of thedecimal value of the RSV_BITNUM bit.

Meanwhile, for example, the transmitting UE may perform initialtransmission based on the mode 1 CG resource, and the transmitting UEmay report a NACK to the base station through a CG-related PUCCHresource. Thereafter, when the transmitting UE is scheduled withretransmission resources through DG DCI, it may be ambiguous when thetransmitting UE can expect retransmission resource scheduling related tothe corresponding sidelink HARQ process or when the transmitting UE canflush the associated buffer.

Or, for example, the transmitting UE may perform initial transmissionbased on the mode 1 CG resource, and the transmitting UE may report aNACK to the base station through a CG-related PUCCH resource.Thereafter, the transmitting UE may perform retransmission based on theDG DCI received from the base station. At this time, for example, whenthe transmitting UE reports a NACK to the base station through theDG-related PUCCH resource for scheduling the retransmission resource,and then is scheduled with additional retransmission resources throughthe DG DCI, it may be ambiguous when the transmitting UE can expectDG-based retransmission resource scheduling related to the correspondingsidelink HARQ process or when the transmitting UE can flush theassociated buffer.

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, the DGDCI-based retransmission resource may be scheduled for the transmittingUE only up to a pre-configured time window from the CG resource of aspecific period in which the initial transmission was performed. Forexample, the transmitting UE may perform DG DCI-based retransmission fora related sidelink HARQ process up to a pre-configured time window fromthe CG resource of a specific period in which the initial transmissionwas performed. Here, for example, the related sidelink HARQ process maybe a sidelink HARQ process related to initial transmission performed bythe transmitting UE through a CG resource of a specific period.

Also, for example, after the pre-configured time window, it may beconfigured for the transmitting UE to flush the buffer related to theassociated sidelink HARQ process, or it may be configured to be allowedfor the transmitting UE to flush the buffer related to the associatedsidelink HARQ process. Here, for example, the associated sidelink HARQprocess may be a sidelink HARQ process related to initial transmissionperformed by the transmitting UE through a CG resource of a specificperiod. That is, for example, the transmitting UE may flush a bufferrelated to the associated sidelink HARQ process regardless of whether ornot NACK information is received from the receiving UE.

Meanwhile, for example, after the mode 1 transmitting UE receives ACKinformation from the receiving UE through the PSFCH, even though themode 1 transmitting UE reports the ACK information to the base stationthrough the PUCCH, the mode 1 transmitting UE may receive DG DCIscheduling retransmission resources related to the correspondingsidelink HARQ process from the base station. In this case, it may beambiguous whether the mode 1 transmitting UE should perform PSCCH/PSSCHtransmission or retransmission on the retransmission resource and whatinformation to report to the base station through the DG-related PUCCHresource.

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, after themode 1 transmitting UE receives ACK information from the receiving UEthrough the PSFCH, even though the mode 1 transmitting UE reports theACK information to the base station through the PUCCH, based on the basestation misidentifying the ACK as the NACK, the mode 1 transmitting UEmay receive a DG DCI scheduling retransmission resources related to thecorresponding sidelink HARQ process from the base station. In this case,for example, the mode 1 transmitting UE may not perform PSCCH/PSSCHtransmission on the corresponding retransmission resource. For example,the mode 1 transmitting UE may also report ACK information to the basestation through the DG-related PUCCH resource.

Meanwhile, for example, a mode 2 transmitting UE may select atransmission resource based on sensing, and may signal reservationinformation related to the transmission resource through SCI. At thistime, when actual packet transmission is not performed due to causessuch as uplink/sidelink prioritization (UL/SL prioritization), LTE/NRsidelink prioritization, etc., if the packet transmission resource ofanother UE having a priority greater than or equal to a pre-configuredthreshold overlaps the corresponding transmission resource, it may beambiguous whether to perform preemption check and reselection oftransmission resource.

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, when actualpacket transmission is not performed on the reserved resource signaledby the transmitting UE through SCI, based on the priority of packet/dataconsidered when performing sensing related to selection of thecorresponding reserved resource, the transmitting UE may perform apreemption check and resource reselection determination for a reservedresource for which actual packet transmission is not performed.Alternatively, for example, the preemption check and resourcereselection determination for the reserved resource signaled by the SCImay be performed when a packet (e.g., MAC PDU) to be transmitted throughthe corresponding reserved resource is available. That is, for example,the transmitting UE may perform the preemption check and resourcereselection determination for the reserved resource signaled by the SCIwhen a packet (e.g., MAC PDU) to be transmitted through thecorresponding reserved resource is available.

Meanwhile, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, it maybe configured for the UE so that a Channel occupancy Ratio (CR)calculation related to sidelink communication is performed. For example,the UE may perform CR calculation related to sidelink communication.

According to an embodiment, the UE may select a transmission resourcebased on internal sensing. Thereafter, before the UE transmitsinformation related to the selected transmission resource to another UEthrough SCI, the UE may determine whether the selected transmissionresource overlaps all or part of the transmission resource of the otherUE. For example, when the selected transmission resource overlaps all orpart of the transmission resource of another UE, the UE may reselect thetransmission resource. For example, when the UE reselects a transmissionresource, it may be configured for the UE so that the previouslyselected transmission resource is not included in the CR calculation.For example, when the UE reselects the transmission resource, it may beconfigured for the UE so that the previously selected transmissionresource is included in the CR calculation.

Meanwhile, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a fieldrelated to period information of a reserved resource may be defined onthe SCI. For example, the SCI may include a field related to periodinformation of a reserved resource.

According to an embodiment, the size of a field related to periodinformation of a reserved resource included in the SCI may be configuredto X bits. The base station or the network may configure usable orselectable candidate period values in the resource pool to the UE. Forexample, the usable or selectable candidate period values in theresource pool may include values in a range not exceeding 2^(x) amongmore than 2^(x) candidate period values. For example, the base stationor the network may configure usable or selectable candidate periodvalues in the resource pool to the UE in a range that does not exceed2^(x) among more than 2^(x) candidate period values. Here, for example,the base station or the network may configure N (e.g., N<2^(x)+1) numberof the period (e.g., P₁, P₂, P₃, . . . , P_(N)) of reserved resources tothe UE. In this case, for example, from the first period P₁, it may besequentially mapped to an ascending status of a decimal value of X bits(e.g., 0, 1, . . . , 2^(x)−1). For example, P₁ may be mapped to the 0state, P₂ be mapped to the 1 state, . . . , and P_(N) may be mapped tothe 2^(x)−1 state, respectively.

Meanwhile, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, in thecase of operation related to mode 1 CG and/or DG, the UE may reportsidelink HARQ feedback information to the base station through apre-configured PUCCH. Thereafter, when the base station allocates anadditional retransmission resource to the UE through DG, according tovarious embodiments below, the UE may figure out the linkage between theCG index and/or the CG resource on which the initial transmission wasperformed and the retransmission resource allocated through the DG. Forexample, when the UE reports NACK information to the base stationthrough a pre-configured PUCCH, and the base station allocates anadditional retransmission resource to the UE through DG, according tovarious embodiments below, the UE may determine the DG retransmissionresource associated with the CG index and/or the CG resource, throughlinkage between the CG index and/or the CG resource on which the initialtransmission was performed and the retransmission resource allocatedthrough the DG.

According to an embodiment, on the DG DCI to which the retransmissionresource is allocated, a PUCCH resource index indicator field (PRI FD)may be defined. Here, for example, PUCCH resource indexing may beallocated for a periodically appearing CG resource or a PUCCH resourceconfigured according to a CG resource set, respectively. Specifically,for example, when the UE performs initial transmission based on a CGresource or CG resource set of a specific period, the UE may report aNACK to the base station through an associated PUCCH resource. In thiscase, the PRI FD value on the DG DCI to which the retransmissionresource is allocated may be indicated by the index of the associatedPUCCH resource. For example, when the UE performs initial transmissionbased on a CG resource or CG resource set of a specific period, the UEmay report a NACK to the base station through a PUCCH resourceassociated with a CG resource or CG resource set of a specific period.For example, when the associated PUCCH resource index is X, the PRI FDvalue on the DG DCI to which the retransmission resource is allocatedmay be expressed as X.

According to an embodiment, when the UE performs initial transmissionthrough a CG resource and an additional retransmission resource isallocated to the UE through the DG, the HARQ process ID field, not theCG index field, may be defined on the DCI related to the DG. Forexample, the DCI related to the DG may include a HARQ process ID fieldwithout including a CG index field indicating index information of a CGassociated with the DG. Here, for example, both the CG index field andthe HARQ process ID field may exist on the CG DCI, and HARQ process IDvalues may not overlap between different CGs. For example, the CG DCImay include a CG index field and a HARQ process ID field, and HARQprocess ID values may not overlap between different CGs. For example, inorder to remove ambiguity about the linkage between the CG resource andthe associated DG retransmission resource, it may be configured so thatthe HARQ process ID values do not overlap between different CGs.

Meanwhile, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, whenthe UE performs a pre-emption operation, the UE may reselect atransmission resource according to the following various embodiments.For example, when the UE shares information related to a transmissionresource selected or reserved through SCI with another UE, when theresource related to transmission of a relatively higher priority packetoverlaps with the selected or reserved transmission resource, thepreemption operation may be operation of reselecting the selected orreserved resource or omitting transmission of the selected or reservedresource.

According to an embodiment, when packet transmission is not actuallyperformed on a specific transmission resource shared by the UE throughSCI, if the resource of a relatively high priority packet transmitted byanother UE and all or part of the specific transmission resourceoverlaps, the overlapping transmission resource may be reselected. Forexample, if there is no actual transmission packet, the referencepriority that the UE compares with the priority related to the packet ofanother UE may be considered the priority of the most recentlytransmitted packet on the selected or reserved resource shared throughSCI. Or, for example, when there is no actual transmission packet, thereference priority that the UE compares with the priority related to thepacket of another UE may be the priority of the packet considered whenthe UE performs sensing related to the selected or reserved resourceshared through SCI. Or, for example, when there is no actualtransmission packet, the reference priority that the UE compares withthe priority related to the packet of another UE may be considered thehighest priority of the service related to the selected or reservedresource shared by the UE through SCI. Alternatively, for example, whenthere is no actual transmission packet, the reference priority that theUE compares with the priority related to the packet of another UE may beconsidered the pre-configured priority.

According to an embodiment, when packet transmission is not actuallyperformed on a specific transmission resource shared by the UE throughSCI, if the resource of a relatively high priority packet transmitted byanother UE and all or part of the specific transmission resourceoverlaps, the UE performs a release operation on the overlappingtransmission resource, and the UE may reselect the actual transmissionresource as a packet is generated or arrived in the buffer. For example,when packet transmission is not actually performed on a specifictransmission resource shared by the UE through SCI, if the resource of arelatively high priority packet transmitted by another UE and all orpart of the specific transmission resource overlaps, the UE performs acancel operation on the existing sidelink grant, and the UE may reselectthe actual transmission resource as a packet is generated or arrived inthe buffer.

According to an embodiment, when a relatively low priority packettransmission has already occupied or reserved a resource through aninitial sensing operation, the preemption operation may be an operationin which transmission of a relatively high priority packet occupies orreserves a resource overlapping all or part of the occupied or reservedresource, thereby protecting the transmission of a relatively highpriority packet. That is, for example, the RSRP threshold associatedwith preemption may be configured differently from the sidelink RSRPthreshold associated with sensing. Here, for example, the RSRP thresholdassociated with preemption may include an RSRP threshold associated withpreemption triggering. Here, for example, the sidelink RSRP thresholdvalue related to sensing may be the final sidelink RSRP threshold valuerelated to the initial sensing or the sidelink RSRP threshold valueconfigured from the base station or the network.

Or, for example, when the UE performing the transmission of therelatively low priority packet performs initial sensing, the preemptionoperation may be an operation in which the UE fails to detect or sensetransmission of a relatively high priority packet, and then, the UEdetermines that the transmission resource of a relatively high prioritypacket and all or part of its transmission resource overlaps, therebyprotecting transmission of a relatively high priority packet. That is,for example, the RSRP threshold associated with preemption may beconfigured to be the same as the sidelink RSRP threshold associated withsensing. Here, for example, the RSRP threshold associated withpreemption may include an RSRP threshold associated with preemptiontriggering. Here, for example, the sidelink RSRP threshold value relatedto sensing may be the final sidelink RSRP threshold value related to theinitial sensing or the sidelink RSRP threshold value configured from thebase station or the network.

According to an embodiment, when the UE performs preemption-basedresource reselection, the UE may perform resource reselection by usingthe final sidelink RSRP threshold used during initial sensing. Forexample, the final sidelink RSRP threshold may be a value obtained byincreasing the sidelink RSRP threshold (e.g., increasing the sidelinkRSRP threshold by 3 DB) in order to secure the candidate number ofselectable transmission resources greater than or equal to apre-configured number or pre-configured ratio within the selectionwindow.

Or, for example, when the UE performs preemption-based resourcereselection, the UE may perform resource reselection by using a sidelinkRSRP threshold related to initial sensing pre-configured from a basestation or a network. For example, when the UE performs preemption-basedresource reselection, the UE may perform resource reselection a sidelinkRSRP threshold value related to initial sensing pre-configured from abase station or network rather than a final sidelink RSRP thresholdrelated to initial sensing.

Meanwhile, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, whenthe number of RBs related to the sidelink BWP (BW_RBNUM) is greater thanthe number of RBs configurable as a frequency resource of the resourcepool (RP_RBNUM), in order to increase the resource usage rate, thefollowing various embodiments may be applied. Here, for example, theRP_RBNUM value may be the product of the number of RBs constituting asubchannel (SUB_RBNUM) and the number of subchannels in the resourcepool (SUB_NUM) (i.e., RP_RBNUM=SUB_RBNUM×SUB_NUM). Also, in the presentdisclosure, for convenience of description, a difference value betweenBW_RBNUM and RP_RBNUM may be referred to as X_VAL.

According to an embodiment, a subchannel of a low index may include allRBs corresponding to X_VAL. A subchannel of a high index may include allRBs corresponding to X_VAL. For example, a subchannel of apre-configured index may include all RBs corresponding to X_VAL.Alternatively, for example, in the ascending order of the index from thesubchannel of the lowest index, the subchannel may be configured toinclude the number of FLOOR (X_VAL/SUB_NUM) or CEILING (X_VAL/SUB_NUM)number of RBs. For example, in the descending order of the index fromthe subchannel of the highest index, the subchannel may be configured toinclude the number of FLOOR (X_VAL/SUB_NUM) or CEILING (X_VAL/SUB_NUM)number of RBs.

For example, when the above-described embodiment is applied, subchannelshaving different RB numbers may exist in the resource pool, and the TBSvalue may be configured to be derived based on the subchannel ofSUB_RBNUM. Also, for example, when the size of a subchannel used betweeninitial transmission and retransmission is different, the TBS value maybe configured to always be derived or assumed as an initialtransmission-related parameter (e.g., the number of RBs, MCS). Forexample, the TBS value may be determined by a combination of the MCS andthe number of RBs. For example, the TBS value may be configured toalways be derived or assumed based on the subchannel of SUB_RBNUM towhich the number of RBs is not added. Or, for example, when the size ofthe subchannel used between the initial transmission and theretransmission is different, the TBS value may be configured to bederived or assumed based on the subchannel having the smallest number ofRBs among the subchannels related to the initial transmission and theretransmission. Or, for example, when the size of the subchannel usedbetween the initial transmission and the retransmission is different,the TBS value may be configured to be derived or assumed based on thesubchannel having the largest number of RBs among the subchannelsrelated to the initial transmission and the retransmission. Or, forexample, when the size of a subchannel used between initial transmissionand retransmission is different, the TBS value may be configured to bederived or assumed based on the average number of RBs of subchannelsrelated to initial transmission and retransmission.

Meanwhile, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a PDBor latency budget value related to SL CSI reporting may be determined orselected through predefined signaling (e.g., PC5 RRC) between UEs. Forexample, T_VAL may include a PDB or latency budget related to SL CSIreporting. In this case, for example, since the base station of the mode1 UE performing the SL CSI reporting operation does not have informationon the T_VAL value, the base station may not be able to allocate a mode1 resource satisfying the T_VAL value. In order to solve this problem,for example, a mode 1 UE performing an SL CSI reporting operation mayreport T_VAL information related to a SL SCI report determined orselected between a pair of UE to the base station through predefinedsignaling (e.g., SL UE assistance information).

Meanwhile, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, in thecase of SL CSI MAC CE, priority information signaled on SCI and priorityinformation considered by a higher layer (e.g., MAC, RLC, PDCP) may bedifferent. In this case, according to the following embodiment, PHYparameter adjustment based on congestion control (e.g., maximumallowable transmit power, allowed number of retransmissions, selectableMCS range, number of allowed RBs related to transmission, et.) may beperformed or applied.

According to an embodiment, in the case of SL CSI MAC CE, PHY parameteradjustment based on congestion control may be applied based on priorityinformation considered by a higher layer (e.g., MAC, RLC, PDCP)differently from PSSCH/PSCCH. Alternatively, for example, PHY parameteradjustment based on congestion control may be applied based on priorityinformation signaled on SCI.

Meanwhile, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, in thecase of the mode 1 CG operation, the UE may perform retransmission forthe initial transmission according to the following various embodiments.Here, for example, it may be configured to operate or use only one HARQprocess or HARQ process ID for each CG. For example, it may beconfigured to operate or use only one sidelink HARQ process or HARQprocess ID for each CG. For example, the number of HARQ processes orHARQ process IDs that can be operated or used for each CG and/or DG maybe configured from the base station/network. For example, the maximumnumber of sidelink HARQ processes or HARQ process IDs that can beoperated or used for each CG and/or DG may be configured from the basestation/network. For example, the HARQ process ID or the sidelink HARQprocess ID may be configured not to overlap between the CG and the DG.

According to an embodiment, when the UE performs initial transmission ona CG resource of a specific period, the UE may perform retransmissionoperation related to the initial transmission (e.g., the UE may reportSL HARQ feedback information to the base station through PUCCH, and maybe allocated retransmission resources from the base station through DG)until CG resources of the next cycle appears. Or, for example, when theUE performs initial transmission on a CG resource of a specific period,the UE may perform retransmission operation related to the initialtransmission until a pre-configured time window or until apre-configured timer is completed. Or, for example, when the UE performsinitial transmission on a CG resource of a specific period, the UE mayperform retransmission operation related to the initial transmission fora pre-configured number/interval (e.g., the number of DG transmissionsfor allocating retransmission resources, or the number of CG cycles).For example, when the above embodiment is applied, the maximum allowablenumber of retransmissions per priority per CG may be counted only up tothe section in which the retransmission operation is performed, and maybe initialized again. For example, when the above embodiment is applied,the maximum allowable number of retransmissions per CG and/or themaximum allowable number of retransmissions per priority may be countedonly up to a section in which a retransmission operation is performed,and may be initialized again. Here, for example, when the period inwhich the retransmission operation is performed has elapsed, thetransmitting UE may flush its buffer. For example, after a period inwhich the retransmission operation is performed, the transmitting UE mayflush its buffer regardless of receiving a NACK from the receiving UE.

According to an embodiment, in the case of mode 1 CG, the base stationmay allocate an additional retransmission resource to the transmittingUE through DG, and the transmitting UE receives ACK information from thereceiving UE, whereby the retransmission resource of the transmitting UEmay be released. For example, the released retransmission resource maynot appear/invalid in the next CG period. Also, for example, when thebase station allocates an additional retransmission resource to thetransmitting UE through DG with respect to a resource of a specific CGperiod, the retransmission resource may appear for a resource of asubsequent CG period, respectively. Or, for example, the retransmissionresource may appear limitedly only for the resource of the correspondingCG period.

According to an embodiment, if a plurality of sidelink HARQ processesare operated based on CG resources, when the transmitting UE reportssidelink HARQ feedback information to the base station through PUCCH,the transmitting UE may also report the associated sidelink HARQ processID information. For example, if a plurality of sidelink HARQ processesare operated based on CG resources, the transmitting UE may reportsidelink HARQ feedback information and sidelink HARQ process IDinformation to the base station through PUCCH. Here, for example, on theDG DCI for allocating retransmission resources, a CG index informationfield and a sidelink HARQ process ID information field may be defined.For example, the DG DCI for allocating retransmission resources mayinclude a field related to CG index information and a field related tosidelink HARQ process ID information. According to another embodiment,the retransmission resource allocated through the DG DCI may be sharedamong a plurality of sidelink HARQ processes. For example, inparticular, since the UE reports only 1 bit to the base station throughthe PUCCH, when SL HARQ feedback information related to a plurality ofsidelink HARQ processes is bundled, the retransmission resourceallocated through the DG DCI may be shared between the plurality ofsidelink HARQ processes. For example, when the above-describedembodiment is applied or when a plurality of sidelink HARQ processes areoperated based on CG resources, the retransmission resource allocatedthrough the DG DCI may be shared among a plurality of sidelink HARQprocesses for which a NACK is reported (e.g., it may be limited to asidelink HARQ process related to the same CG). For example, inparticular, since the UE reports only 1 bit to the base station throughthe PUCCH, it may be applied when SL HARQ feedback information relatedto a plurality of sidelink HARQ processes is bundled.

Meanwhile, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, whenthe mode 1 transmitting UE reports ACK information received from thereceiving UE to the base station through the pre-configured PUCCHresource, due to the occurrence of an ACK-TO-NACK error, and if the basestation misinterprets the ACK information as NACK information andallocates a retransmission resource via DG to the transmitting UE, thefollowing embodiments may be applied.

According to an embodiment, the transmitting UE may report ACKinformation to the base station through the PUCCH resource indicated bythe DG DCI without actually performing retransmission through theretransmission resource allocated through the DG.

According to an embodiment, the transmitting UE may use theretransmission resource allocated through the DG for new TBtransmission. For example, the receiving UE may distinguish whether anew TB is transmitted or not based on the sidelink HARQ process IDinformation and the NDI information on the SCI.

According to an embodiment, when the transmitting UE is configured witha PUCCH-based sidelink HARQ feedback report, even if the transmitting UEreceives ACK information from the receiving UE through the PSFCH, thetransmitting UE may be configured not to flush its own buffer for apre-configured period/timer. Or, for example, if the transmitting UE isconfigured with a PUCCH-based sidelink HARQ feedback report, even if thetransmitting UE receives ACK information from the receiving UE throughthe PSFCH, the transmitting UE may be configured not to flush its ownbuffer until receiving a DG (for allocating retransmission resources)containing the same HARQ process ID and/or CG index information andtoggled NDI information. For example, even when unnecessaryretransmission resources are allocated to the transmitting UE through DGdue to an ACK-TO-NACK error, in order for the transmitting UE to performretransmission to the receiving UE, the transmitting UE may not flushits own buffer for a pre-configured period/timer. Or, the transmittingUE may not flush its own buffer until receiving a DG (for allocatingretransmission resources) containing the same HARQ process ID and/or CGindex information and toggled NDI information

Meanwhile, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, whenthe transmitting UE reserves a plurality of retransmission resources fora potential retransmission operation, the transmitting UE may receiveACK information from the receiving UE. At this time, if the transmittingUE releases the remaining retransmission resources, the transmitting UEmay perform counting of the number of retransmissions per TB or countingof the number of retransmissions per priority according to the followingvarious embodiments.

According to an embodiment, the transmitting UE may assume that theretransmission operation is performed on the remaining transmissionretransmission resources, and the transmitting UE may perform countingof the number of retransmissions per TB or counting of the number ofretransmissions per priority considering the released remainingtransmission retransmission resources. Or, for example, the transmittingUE may not consider the released remaining retransmission resources incounting the number of retransmissions per TB or counting the number ofretransmissions per priority. For example, since the transmitting UE hasalready signaled that it has reserved the corresponding resource throughSCI to another UE, the transmitting UE may assume that theretransmission operation is performed on the remaining transmissionretransmission resources, and the transmitting UE may perform countingof the number of retransmissions per TB or counting of the number ofretransmissions per priority considering the released remainingtransmission retransmission resources.

According to another embodiment, when the transmitting UE fails toperform actual transmission or retransmission on a reserved or selectedresource for a specific TB due to a collision between uplinktransmission and/or sidelink transmission, etc., the transmitting UE mayreflect the failure to perform actual transmission or retransmission onthe reserved or selected resource in counting the number ofretransmissions per TB or counting the number of retransmissions perpriority. Or, for example, when the transmitting UE fails to performactual transmission or retransmission on a reserved or selected resourcefor a specific TB due to a collision between uplink transmission and/orsidelink transmission, etc., the transmitting UE may not reflect thefailure to perform actual transmission or retransmission on the reservedor selected resource in counting the number of retransmissions per TB orcounting the number of retransmissions per priority.

Meanwhile, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, thetotal number of sidelink HARQ processes (e.g., K) that the UE canoperate may be more than the number of statuses that can be indicated bythe sidelink HARQ process ID field on the SCI. In this case, accordingto the following various embodiments, the UE may be configured tooperate the sidelink HARQ process.

According to an embodiment, when the UE is operating a plurality ofsessions, the maximum number of sidelink HARQ processes that can beused/allocated to one session may be limited to the number of statusesthat can be indicated by the sidelink HARQ process ID field on the SCI,or may be limited to a pre-configured maximum number value.

According to an embodiment, the index related to the entire sidelinkHARQ processes that the UE can operate may have a value from 0 to (K−1),but since the number of sidelink HARQ process indexes and/or sidelinkHARQ processes (e.g., indexes from 0 to 7 may be expressed) that can beexpressed by the sidelink HARQ process ID field (e.g., 3 bits) on theSCI is smaller than the index related to the entire sidelink HARQprocesses that the UE can operate, the value of the sidelink HARQprocess ID field on the SCI may be determined through the operation ofMOD (X, 8). Here, for example, X may mean an index from 0 to (K−1). Forexample, MOD (A, B) may be a function that derives the remainder ofdividing A by B.

According to an embodiment, the mode 1 UE may report, to the basestation, information on the total number of sidelink HARQ processes thatcan be operated and/or information on the size of a soft buffer relatedto its own sidelink communication as capability information. Here, forexample, the size of the HARQ process ID field on mode 1 DCI (e.g., DGor CG) may be determined or configured based on the capabilityinformation.

According to an embodiment, if mode 1 CG operation is performed, when itis configured for the UE to report PUCCH-based sidelink HARQ feedbackinformation (e.g., in particular, when only 1 bit is reported throughPUCCH), one sidelink HARQ process or sidelink HARQ process ID per CG maybe operated or used. For example, when mode 1 CG operation is performed,when it is not configured for the UE to report PUCCH-based sidelink HARQfeedback information (e.g., in particular, when only 1 bit is reportedthrough PUCCH), the number of sidelink HARQ processes or sidelink HARQprocess IDs per CG operated or used may be determined by the UEimplementation. That is, for example, the UE may independently determinewhether to operate or use a plurality of sidelink HARQ processes orsidelink HARQ process IDs for a specific CG. Alternatively, for example,the maximum number of allowed sidelink HARQ process per CG or themaximum number of allowed sidelink HARQ process IDs operated or used maybe per-configured.

Meanwhile, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, whenthe UE performs CR evaluation, the base station or the network maysignal to the UE information on at least to what extent a future timeinterval and/or a past time interval will be included among apre-configured CR evaluation window. For example, when the UE performsCR evaluation, the base station or the network may signal the UEinformation on at least to what extent the future time interval relatedto the resource reserved by the UE and/or the past time interval relatedto the resource reserved by the UE will be included among thepre-configured CR evaluation window. Or, for example, when the UEperforms CR evaluation, the base station or the network may signal tothe UE information on how much of the future time interval and/or thepast time interval to be included among the pre-configured CR evaluationwindow as much as possible. For example, when the UE performs CRevaluation, the base station or the network may signal to the UEinformation on how much of the future time interval related to theresource reserved by the UE and/or the past time interval related to theresource reserved by the UE to be included among the pre-configured CRevaluation window as much as possible. Here, for example, the length ofthe time interval may be specifically or independently configured for atleast one of the service type, service priority, cast type (e.g.,unicast, groupcast, broadcast), message generation type (e.g., periodic,aperiodic) and QoS requirements (e.g., latency, reliability).

For example, the base station or the network may signal to the UEinformation on the minimum future time interval and/or the minimum pasttime interval among the pre-configured CR evaluation window.Alternatively, for example, the base station or the network may signalto the UE information on the maximum future time interval and/or themaximum past time interval among the pre-configured CR evaluationwindow.

Meanwhile, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, whenthe UE reserves additional transmission resources or retransmissionresources, based on the last transmission resource signaled by theprevious SCI or the pre-configured X-th resource, the UE may constitutea selection window for selecting additional transmission resources orretransmission resources. Here, for example, the selection window mayhave a pre-configured size (e.g., a range within 31 slots or 32 slots).Here, for example, the UE may select additional transmission resourcesor retransmission resources from among the resources within theselection window after the time of the last transmission resourcesignaled by the previous SCI or the pre-configured X-th resource. Also,for example, the UE may select additional transmission resources oradditional retransmission resources within the selection window, exceptfor slots related to transmission resources previously signaled by SCI.

Meanwhile, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, whenthe UE selects three transmission resources, the UE may preferentiallyrandomly select the first transmission resource from among thesensing-based selectable candidate resources within the selectionwindow. Thereafter, the UE may additionally select two transmissionresources within a pre-configured time window (e.g., 32 slots) based onthe selected first transmission resource. Here, for example, when the UEadditionally selects two transmission resources, from among theselectable candidate resources on the remaining slots within theselection window, except for the slot related to the selected firsttransmission resource, until both the selected first transmissionresource and the remaining two transmission resources can be includedwithin the pre-configured time window, the UE may repeat randomselection for two transmission resources. In addition, for example,based on the above rule, after the UE completes the selection of threetransmission resources, the UE may select an additional transmissionresource based on the second transmission resource or the last resourcesignaled by SCI or the pre-configured X-th transmission resource. Inthis case, the additionally selected transmission resource may belocated before the third transmission resource signaled by SCI. Forexample, in the case of a service requiring low latency, based on theabove rule, after the UE completes selection of three transmissionresources, the UE may select an additional transmission resource basedon the second transmission resource or the last resource signaled by SCIor the pre-configured X-th transmission resource. In this case, some ofthe additionally selected transmission resources may be located beforethe third transmission resource signaled by SCI.

Here, for example, in order to include a PSFCH resource or a PSFCH slotbetween the transmission resources (e.g., transmission resource A andtransmission resource B) to be selected by the UE, after the UE randomlyselects the transmission resource A, the UE may select the transmissionresource B from among resources after the pre-configured N slots or thepre-configured N symbols from the nearest PSFCH resource or PSFCH slotthat appears after the pre-configured M slots based on the time of thetransmission resource A. For example, the pre-configured M slots mayinclude a processing time for PSSCH/PSCCH reception and a preparationtime for PSFCH transmission. For example, the pre-configured N slots orthe pre-configured N symbols may include a processing time for PSFCHreception and a preparation time for PSSCH/PSCCH retransmission. Or, forexample, the UE may select a transmission resource A from amongresources before M slots from a PSFCH resource or the PSFCH slot, withina pre-configured time window (e.g., 32) based on the PSFCH resource orthe PSFCH slot. Thereafter, the UE may select a transmission resource Bfrom among resources after N slots or N symbols from a PSFCH resource ora PSFCH slot. Here, for example, the selected transmission resource A ortransmission resource B and the PSFCH resource or PSFCH slot may beincluded in a pre-configured time window (e.g., 32). For example, theselected transmission resource A and transmission resource B and thePSFCH resource or PSFCH slot may all be included in a pre-configuredtime window (e.g., 32).

Meanwhile, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, whenthe mode 1 transmitting UE performs a specific TB transmission on asidelink transmission resource scheduled from the base station,according to a predefined rule, an operation related to the TBtransmission may be omitted. In this case, for example, the mode 1transmitting UE may report NACK information to the base station throughthe PUCCH resource, and may be allocated an additional retransmissionresource from the base station. Here, for example, according to abovethe rule, when uplink transmission and/or downlink reception andsidelink transmission #X overlap in the time domain, operations relatedto sidelink transmission #X may be omitted based on comparing thepriorities of associated logical channels. And/or, for example, whenuplink transmission and/or sidelink transmission #X and sidelinktransmission #Y on different carriers overlap in the time domain, andwhen transmit power is first allocated to uplink transmission and/orsidelink transmission #X based on comparing the priorities of theassociated logical channels, since there is no remaining transmit powerthat can be allocated for sidelink transmission #Y, the operationrelated to sidelink transmission #Y may be omitted. Here, for example,the rule may be applied when the UE normally performs TB-related initialtransmission and omits the retransmission operation, on the mode 1 SLtransmission resource. For example, the resource allocated to the UEthrough the PUCCH-based NACK information report may be considered toadditionally perform the omitted retransmission. For example, the rulemay be applied to packet transmission or service transmission of apriority higher than a pre-configured threshold value and/or a QoSrequirement (e.g., latency, reliability) tighter than a pre-configuredthreshold value, and/or mode 1 CG/DG-based packet transmission orservice transmission. For example, the rule may be applied when acongestion level (e.g., a CBR measurement value) of the resource pool islower than a pre-configured threshold value. For example, the rule maybe applied when a congestion level (e.g., a CBR measurement value) ofthe resource pool is higher than a pre-configured threshold value.

Meanwhile, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, inorder to efficiently support a service having a minimum communicationrange requirement, a TX-RX distance-based feedback operation fortransmitting only NACK may be performed or configured. For example, inorder to efficiently support a service having a minimum communicationrange requirement, the UE may perform group cast option 1 based on thedistance between the transmitting UE and the receiving UE (e.g., NACK(no acknowledgment) information is transmitted to the transmitting UEonly when the receiving UE fails to decode/receive the PSSCH receivedfrom the transmitting UE). In such a case, for example, when thereceiving UE cannot know its location information and/or when theaccuracy of its location information is lower than a pre-configuredthreshold value, the receiving UE may not perform the PSFCH transmission(i.e., sidelink HARQ feedback information transmission) to thetransmitting UE. Here, for example, when the operation of the group castoption 1 is applied, according to the above rule, when the PSFCHtransmission is not performed, it may be considered that the receivingUE transmits ACK information to the transmitting UE.

Meanwhile, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, when abase station signals a mode 1 grant to the transmitting UE, anassociated PUCCH resource may be allocated or scheduled for thetransmitting UE. Thereafter, when the transmitting UE performstransmission without requesting or receiving sidelink HARQ feedback fromthe receiving UE through the mode 1 transmission resource, if additionalretransmission resources are needed to satisfy service-relatedrequirements (e.g., latency, reliability), the transmitting UE mayreport NACK information to the base station through PUCCH. On the otherhand, for example, when additional retransmission resources are notrequired, the transmitting UE may report ACK information to the basestation through the PUCCH. Or, for example, the transmitting UE may notperform PUCCH transmission. For example, when the transmitting UEperforms blind retransmission through mode 1 transmission resources, thetransmitting UE may report NACK information to the base station throughPUCCH based on the additional retransmission resources being needed. Or,for example, when the transmitting UE performs blind retransmissionthrough the mode 1 transmission resource, the transmitting UE may reportACK information to the base station through PUCCH based on theadditional retransmission resources not being needed.

Meanwhile, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, whenresource reselection is triggered at slot #N time, based on the sensingresult acquired within the interval from slot #(N−offset1) to slot#(N−SEN_WIN), the transmitting UE may select a transmission resourcewithin the selection window period from slot #(N+offset2) to slot#(N+offset3). For example, SEN_WIN may be a value greater than offset1.For example, offset3 may be a value greater than offset2. Here, forexample, SEN_WIN may be the length of the sensing window. In addition,the length of the sensing window may be pre-configured from the basestation/network. Also, for example, offset3 may be selected to a valueless than or equal to a Packet Delay Budget (PDB) of the transmissionpacket. That is, for example, offset3 may be less than or equal to aPacket Delay Budget (PDB) of the transmission packet. For example,according to the procedure described above, after the transmitting UEselects a transmission resource (e.g., slot #(N+offset2+K)) within theselection window, when the transmission resource of another UE overlapswith the transmission resource before signaling for the SCI related tothe transmission resource is performed, the transmitting UE may reselectthe previously selected transmission resource. Such an operation may bereferred to as a re-evaluation procedure. Here, for example, the sensingoperation related to the re-evaluation procedure may be configured to beperformed or triggered only from the above-described slot #N to the slot#(N+offset2+K−T1). Or, for example, the sensing operation related to there-evaluation procedure may be configured to be performed or triggeredonly from the above-described slot #(N−offset1) to the slot#(N+offset2+K−T1). Alternatively, for example, the sensing operationrelated to the re-evaluation procedure may be configured to be performedor triggered only from the above-described slot #(N−SEN_WIN) to the slot#(N+offset2+K−T1). Or, for example, the sensing operation related to there-evaluation procedure may be configured to be performed or triggeredonly from the above-described slot #(N+offset2) to the slot#(N+offset2+K−T1). Here, for example, T1 may be a processing timerequired for resource reselection based on re-evaluation sensing.

Meanwhile, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, aresource reservation period on SCI signaled by a transmitting UEbelonging to a different base station or network may be interpretedambiguously. Therefore, for example, the size of the field related tothe resource reservation period on the SCI may be defined (e.g., CEILING(log₂N)) based on the maximum number of configurable periods (e.g., N).Also, for example, ascending values of N periods may be mapped toascending order status of bit values related to each field. For example,the transmitting UE may determine (e.g., CEILING (log₂N)) the size ofthe field related to the resource reservation period on the SCI based onthe maximum number of configurable periods (e.g., N). Here, for example,when the above-described embodiment is applied, even if different basestations or networks configure differently the reservation period valueor the number of reservation periods of resources allowed for eachresource pool, the transmitting UE belonging to different base stationsor networks may determine the resource reservation period on SCI withoutambiguity.

Meanwhile, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a rulefor determining a resource related to PSFCH transmission between unicastand groupcast may be configured differently. Specifically, for example,in the case of groupcast, unlike unicast, the number of members in agroup (NUM_GP) may be used as a parameter for determining a PSFCHtransmission resource related to a received PSSCH/PSCCH. For example, inthe case of unicast, NUM_GP may be assumed to be 0. For example, in thecase of unicast, NUM_GP may be 0. For convenience of description below,for example, a unicast HARQ feedback scheme is referred to as UN_HARQ,and a groupcast HARQ feedback scheme is referred to as GP_HARQ,respectively. When the above-described embodiment is applied, forexample, if it is not indicated/distinguished which feedback schemeamong UN_HARQ and GP_HARQ is requested on SCI related to PSSCH,ambiguity may occur in the side of the receiving UE. For example, ifunicast/groupcast and/or UN_HARQ/GP_HARQ uses the same SCI format or2^(nd) SCI format, if it is not indicated/distinguished which feedbackscheme among UN_HARQ and GP_HARQ is requested on SCI related to PSSCH,ambiguity may occur in the side of the receiving UE. For example, if theL1 destination ID and/or the L1 source ID on the SCI related tounicast/groupcast and/or UN_HARQ/GP_HARQ are the same, if it is notindicated/distinguished which feedback scheme among UN_HARQ and GP_HARQis requested on SCI related to PSSCH, ambiguity may occur in the side ofthe receiving UE. For example, in order to solve such a problem, thereceiving UE may determine an applied sidelink HARQ feedback schemeaccording to various embodiments below.

According to an embodiment, when the receiving UE receives the SCIindicated by the L1 destination ID (e.g., LSB 16 bits of the L2destination ID) determined in the PC5 RRC connection established by thereceiving UE, the receiving UE may transmit sidelink HARQ feedback forthe PSSCH related to the SCI in the UN_HARQ or GP_HARQ scheme.

According to another embodiment, when the receiving UE receives the SCIindicated by the L1 destination ID determined in the PC5 RRC connectionestablished by the receiving UE, the receiving UE may additionally checkthe L1 source ID on the SCI. At this time, for example, if it matchesthe L1 source ID (e.g., LSB 8 bits of the L2 source ID) determined inthe PC5 RRC connection established by the receiving UE, the receiving UEmay transmit sidelink HARQ feedback for the PSSCH related to the SCIwith the UN_HARQ or GP_HARQ scheme. For example, other than the casesdescribed above, the receiving UE may transmit sidelink HARQ feedbackfor the PSSCH related to the SCI with a GP_HARQ or UN_HARQ scheme. Thatis, for example, when the L1 ID determined in the PC5 RRC connection andthe L1 ID on the SCI do not match, the receiving UE may transmitsidelink HARQ feedback for the PSSCH related to the SCI with the GP_HARQor UN_HARQ scheme. For example, if it matches the L1 source ID (e.g.,LSB 8 bits of the L2 source ID) determined in the PC5 RRC connectionestablished by the receiving UE, the receiving UE may transmit sidelinkHARQ feedback for the PSSCH related to the SCI with UN_HARQ scheme. Forexample, if it does not match with the L1 source ID (eg, LSB 8 bits ofthe L2 source ID) determined in the PC5 RRC connection established bythe receiving UE, the receiving UE may transmit sidelink HARQ feedbackfor the PSSCH related to the SCI with GP_HARQ scheme. For example, inthe above-described rule, one of the UN_HARQ scheme or the GP_HARQscheme may be selected according to whether the L1 ID determined or usedin the PC5 RRC connection and the L1 ID on the SCI are the same.

According to another embodiment, when the receiving UE does notestablish a PC5 RRC connection, the receiving UE may transmit sidelinkHARQ feedback for the PSSCH related to SCI with a UN_HARQ or GP_HARQscheme.

Meanwhile, according to an embodiment, in the case of a TX-RXdistance-based sidelink HARQ feedback operation (e.g., group cast option1), according to the following embodiment, a sidelink HARQ feedbackoperation without consideration of the TX-RX distance may be indicatedfor the UE. For example, in the case of a TX-RX distance-based sidelinkHARQ feedback operation (e.g., group cast option 1), according to thefollowing embodiment, disabling of the TX-RX distance-based sidelinkHARQ feedback operation may be indicated.

According to an embodiment, when the minimum communication range fieldand/or the zone ID field related to the transmitting UE defined on theSCI indicates a pre-configured specific status or value, a sidelink HARQfeedback operation without consideration of the TX-RX distance may betriggered for the UE. For example, when the minimum communication rangefield and/or the zone ID field related to the transmitting UE defined onthe SCI indicates a pre-configured specific status or value, the TX-RXdistance-based sidelink HARQ feedback operation may be disabled for theUE. For example, the SCI may be the 2^(nd) SCI. Specifically, forexample, when the minimum communication range field indicates apre-configured value of infinity, the receiving UE receiving the SCI maytransmit NACK information to the transmitting UE if PSSCH decoding failswithout considering the TX-RX distance. Or, for example, even if thereceiving UE fails to decode the PSSCH, the sidelink HARQ feedback(e.g., NACK) may not be transmitted to the transmitting UE. Or, forexample, when the minimum communication range field indicates apre-configured value of 0, the receiving UE receiving the SCI maytransmit NACK information to the transmitting UE if PSSCH decoding failswithout considering the TX-RX distance. Or, for example, even if thereceiving UE fails to decode the PSSCH, the sidelink HARQ feedback(e.g., NACK) may not be transmitted to the transmitting UE.

Meanwhile, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, whenscheduling sidelink transmission between different RATs, the followingvarious embodiments may be applied. Here, different RATs may be LTE andNR.

According to an embodiment, when an LTE base station (e.g., eNB)schedules an NR sidelink (e.g., schedules a sidelink transmissionresource based on CG type 1), if the NR sidelink is performed on an NRlicensed carrier, the first transmission timing of the NR sidelink maybe determined based on the TA/2 (e.g., TA refers to timing advance)value between the NR base station (e.g., gNB) and the UE. For example,the first transmission timing of the NR sidelink may be determined basedon

$T_{DCI} - \frac{N_{TA}}{2} + X + {4 \times 10^{- 3}{or}T_{DCI}} - \frac{N_{TA}}{2} + X + {\left( {4 + M} \right) \times {10^{- 3}.}}$

Also, for example, if the NR sidelink is performed on an ITS dedicatedcarrier, the first transmission timing of the NR sidelink may bedetermined based on the TA/2 value between the LTE base station and theUE. Here, for example, the TA value may be 0 or a pre-configured value.Here, for example, the T_(DCI) may be a start time of a slot in which across-RAT scheduling DCI is received. For example, the X value may be atiming offset value indicated on the cross-RAT scheduling DCI. Forexample, the M value may be a timing offset value on DCI used when theLTE base station schedules mode 3 sidelink transmission to the UE.

According to an embodiment, when an NR base station (e.g., gNB)schedules an LTE sidelink (e.g., schedules a transmission resource basedon a mode 3 SL SPS), if the LTE sidelink is performed on an LTE licensedcarrier, the first transmission timing of the LTE sidelink may bedetermined based on a TA/2 value between the LTE base station (e.g.,eNB) and the UE. For example, the first transmission timing may bedetermined based on

$T_{DCI} - {\frac{N_{TA}}{2} \times T_{S}} + X + {\left( {4 + M} \right) \times {10^{- 3}.}}$

Also, for example, if the LTE sidelink is performed on an ITS dedicatedcarrier, the first transmission timing of the NR sidelink may bedetermined based on the TA/2 value between the NR base station (e.g.,gNB) and the UE. Here, for example, the TA value may be 0 or apre-configured value. Here, for example, the T_(S) value may be 1/30720.For example, the N_(TA) value may be a timing offset between uplinkand/or downlink radio frames.

FIG. 13 shows a procedure in which a transmitting UE transmits sidelinkHARQ feedback to a base station through a PUCCH, based on an embodimentof the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 13 may be combinedwith various embodiments of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 13 , in step S1310, the transmitting UE may receive aCG from the base station. For example, the CG may include information onthe PUCCH resource related to sidelink. In step S1320, the transmittingUE may transmit a PSCCH to the receiving UE based on the CG. In stepS1330, the transmitting UE may transmit a PSSCH related to the PSCCH tothe receiving UE based on the CG. For example, a SCI may be transmittedthrough the PSCCH or the PSSCH related to the PSSCH. For example, thetransmitting UE may transmit the SCI to the receiving UE through thePSCCH or the PSSCH related to the PSCCH. For example, the SCI mayinclude period information of reserved resource(s) related to sidelink.For example, the period information of the reserved resource(s) relatedto the sidelink may be configured by a pre-configured bit value. Forexample, candidate period value(s) available in a resource pool among aplurality of candidate period values may be configured for thetransmitting UE. For example, a mapping relationship between candidateperiod value(s) configured for the transmitting UE and pre-configuredbit value(s) may be determined. For example, the candidate periodvalue(s) configured for the transmitting UE may be determined to be lessthan or equal to the maximum number of candidate periods based on thepre-configured bit value(s). For example, the candidate period value(s)configured for the transmitting UE may be mapped to the pre-configuredbit(s) in ascending order of the decimal value of the pre-configuredbits, starting with the first candidate period value.

In step S1340, the transmitting UE may transmit sidelink HARQ feedbackinformation to the base station through the PUCCH. For example, based onsidelink HARQ feedback being disabled and retransmission related to thePSSCH not being required, the transmitting UE may transmit sidelink HARQfeedback information to the base station through the PUCCH resource. Forexample, the sidelink HARQ feedback information may include ACKinformation or NACK information. For example, the transmitting UE maytransmit ACK to the base station through the PUCCH resource, based onsidelink HARQ feedback being disabled and retransmission related to thePSSCH not being required.

FIG. 14 shows a method for a transmitting UE to reselect a firsttransmission resource, based on an embodiment of the present disclosure.FIG. 15 shows an example in which a transmitting UE reselects a firsttransmission resource based on overlapping of the first transmissionresource with a second transmission resource to be used by other UE,based on an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG.14 and FIG. 15 may be combined with various embodiments of the presentdisclosure.

Referring to FIG. 14 , in step S1410, the transmitting UE may performsensing for transmission resources based on a first priority. In stepS1420, the transmitting UE may select the first transmission resourcebased on the sensing. For example, the SCI may include information forsharing the first transmission resource with other UE. For example, thetransmitting UE may transmit the SCI to other UE through a PSCCH or aPSSCH related to the PSCCH.

In step S1430, the transmitting UE may reselect the first transmissionresource based on the overlapping of the first transmission resourcewith the second transmission resource to be used by other UE. Forexample, a priority of a packet related to the second transmissionresource may be higher than a pre-configured priority. For example,based on a packet related to the first transmission resource not beingtransmitted, the transmitting UE may compare the priority of the packetrelated to the second transmission resource with the first priority.Herein, for example, based on the priority of the packet related to thesecond transmission resource being higher than the first priority, thetransmitting UE may reselect the first transmission resource.

Specifically, referring to FIG. 15 , the transmitting UE may performsensing for transmission resources based on the first priority within asensing window related to the transmission resources, and may select thefirst transmission resource within the selection window based on thesensing. In this case, for example, based on information related to atransmission resource received from other UE through a SCI, thetransmitting UE may determine that the first transmission resource andthe second transmission resource are overlapped. For example, if thepriority of the packet related to the second transmission resourceoverlapping the first transmission resource is higher than thepre-configured priority, the transmitting UE may reselect the firsttransmission resource.

FIG. 16 shows a procedure in which a transmitting UE transmits sidelinkHARQ feedback to a base station through a PUCCH and receives a DG fromthe base station, based on an embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG.17 shows an example in which a transmitting UE performs retransmissionthrough a resource allocated through a CG within a pre-configured timewindow, based on an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodimentof FIG. 16 and FIG. 17 may be combined with various embodiments of thepresent disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 16 , in step S1610, the transmitting UE may receive aCG from the base station. For example, the CG may include at least oneof information on the PUCCH resource related to sidelink or periodinformation of resources related to the CG. In step S1620, thetransmitting UE may transmit a PSCCH to the receiving UE within a firstperiod based on the CG. For example, the first period may be determinedbased on the period information of the resources related to the CG. Instep S1630, the transmitting UE may transmit a PSSCH related to thePSCCH to the receiving UE within the first period based on the CG.

In step S1640, the transmitting UE may receive sidelink HARQ feedbackinformation from the receiving UE. For example, the transmitting UE mayreceive sidelink HARQ feedback for the PSSCH from the receiving UE basedon sidelink HARQ feedback being enabled. For example, the sidelink HARQfeedback information may include ACK information or NACK information.For example, the transmitting UE may receive NACK for the PSSCH from thereceiving UE based on sidelink HARQ feedback being enabled.

In step S1650, the transmitting UE may transmit sidelink HARQ feedbackinformation to the base station through the PUCCH. For example, thetransmitting UE may transmit NACK information for the PSSCH to the basestation through the PUCCH. In step S1660, the transmitting UE mayreceive a DG from the base station. For example, the base station maytransmit the DG to the UE based on NACK information.

In step S1670, the transmitting UE may retransmit a PSSCH to thereceiving UE based on the DG. For example, the transmitting UE mayretransmit a PSCCH or a PSSCH related to the PSCCH to the receiving UEwithin a pre-configured time window through a resource allocated by theDG. For example, the transmitting UE may retransmit the PSCCH or thePSSCH related to the PSCCH to the receiving UE based on the resourceallocated through the DG within the pre-configured time window relatedto the CG. For example, the pre-configured time window may include aperiod located after the first period and before a period includingtransmission resource(s) having the same HARQ process ID as a HARQprocess ID related to resource(s) of the first period in which theinitial transmission is performed

For example, the transmitting UE may receive, from the receiving UE,sidelink HARQ feedback for the PSCCH or the PSSCH related to the PSCCHretransmitted based on the DG (hereinafter, first DG). For example,based on the sidelink HARQ feedback for the retransmitted PSCCH or theretransmitted PSSCH related to the PSCCH being NACK, the transmitting UEmay transmit NACK to the base station through a PUCCH related to thefirst DG. For example, the transmitting UE may receive a second DG fromthe base station, and the transmitting UE may retransmit a PSCCH or aPSSCH related to the PSCCH to the receiving UE based on a resourceallocated through the second DG within a pre-configured window relatedto the CG.

Specifically, referring to FIG. 17 , for example, the transmitting UEmay perform initial transmission through the first CG resource withinthe first period. Then, for example, the transmitting UE may receiveNACK for the initial transmission from the receiving UE. For example,the transmitting UE may perform retransmission within a pre-configuredtime window based on the reception of the NACK. For example, thepre-configured window may be a pre-configured window related to the CG.For example, the transmitting UE may perform retransmission before aperiod in which the second CG resource having the same HARQ process IDas the first CG resource appears. That is, for example, thepre-configured time window may include a period before a period in whichthe second CG resource having the same HARQ process ID as the first CGresource appears.

For example, a buffer related to a sidelink HARQ process may be flushedby the transmitting UE after the pre-configured time window. Forexample, the transmitting UE may flush the buffer for the sidelink HARQprocess related to the PSSCH after the pre-configured time window. Forexample, the sidelink HARQ process may be a HARQ process based on thePSCCH or the PSSCH related to the PSCCH.

FIG. 18 shows a procedure for transmitting ACK to a base station basedon a DG which is received by a transmitting UE, based on an embodimentof the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 18 may be combinedwith various embodiments of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 18 , in step S1810, the transmitting UE may receive aCG from the base station. For example, the CG may include at least oneof information on a PUCCH resource related to sidelink or periodinformation of resources related to the CG. In step S1820, thetransmitting UE may transmit a PSCCH to the receiving UE based on theCG. In step S1830, the transmitting UE may transmit a PSSCH related tothe PSCCH to the receiving UE based on the CG. In step S1840, thetransmitting UE may receive sidelink HARQ feedback information from thereceiving UE. For example, the transmitting UE may receive sidelink HARQfeedback for the PSSCH from the receiving UE based on sidelink HARQfeedback being enabled. For example, the sidelink HARQ feedbackinformation may include ACK information or NACK information. Forexample, the transmitting UE may receive ACK for the PSSCH from thereceiving UE based on sidelink HARQ feedback being enabled.

In step S1850, the transmitting UE may transmit sidelink HARQ feedbackinformation to the base station through the PUCCH. For example, thetransmitting UE may transmit ACK information for the PSSCH to the basestation through the PUCCH. In step S1860, the transmitting UE mayreceive a DG from the base station. For example, the base station maytransmit the DG to the transmitting UE based on misidentification of ACKinformation as NACK information. For example, the transmitting UE maynot transmit a PSCCH or a PSSCH related to the PSCCH to the receiving UEbased on a resource allocated through the DG. In step S1870, thetransmitting UE may transmit ACK information to the base station througha PUCCH based on the reception of the DG.

For example, based on sidelink HARQ feedback being enabled, and based onthe transmitting UE which receives ACK from the receiving UE, and basedon the transmitting UE which transmits ACK to the base station throughthe PUCCH, the transmitting UE may receive a DG and PUCCH informationrelated to the DG from the base station. Thereafter, for example, thetransmitting UE may not retransmit a PSCCH or a PSSCH related to thePSCCH to the receiving UE based on a resource allocated through the DG.Also, for example, the transmitting UE may transmit ACK to the basestation based on the PUCCH resource allocated through the DG.

Based on an embodiment of the present disclosure, the transmitting UEmay be allocated a resource related to initial transmission from thebase station through a DG. In this case, for example, the transmittingUE may receive a first DG and PUCCH information related to the first DGfrom the base station. Herein, for example, the first DG may be a DG forallocating the resource related to initial transmission to thetransmitting UE. For example, the transmitting UE may transmit a PSCCHto the receiving UE based on the first DG. For example, the transmittingUE may transmit a PSSCH related to the PSCCH to the receiving UE basedon the first DG. For example, the transmitting UE may receive sidelinkHARQ feedback information from the receiving UE. For example, thetransmitting UE may receive sidelink HARQ feedback for the PSSCH fromthe receiving UE based on sidelink HARQ feedback being enabled. Forexample, the sidelink HARQ feedback information may include ACKinformation or NACK information. For example, the transmitting UE mayreceive ACK for the PSSCH from the receiving UE based on sidelink HARQfeedback being enabled. For example, the transmitting UE may transmitACK information for the PSSCH to the base station through the PUCCH. Forexample, the transmitting UE may receive a second DG from the basestation. Herein, for example, the second DG may be a DG for allocating aresource related to retransmission to the transmitting UE. For example,the base station may transmit the second DG to the transmitting UE basedon the misidentification of ACK information as NACK information. Forexample, the transmitting UE may not transmit a PSCCH or a PSSCH relatedto the PSCCH to the receiving UE based on the resource allocated throughthe second DG. The transmitting UE may transmit ACK information to thebase station through a PUCCH based on the reception of the second DG.

FIG. 19 shows a method in which a first device transmits sidelink HARQfeedback to a base station through a PUCCH, based on an embodiment ofthe present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 19 may be combined withvarious embodiments of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 19 , in step S1910, the first device 100 may receive,from a base station, a configured grant (CG). For example, the CG mayinclude information on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH)resource related to sidelink (SL). For example, the CG may includeperiod information of a resource related to the CG.

In step S1920, the first device 100 may transmit, to the second device200, a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) based on the CG. Instep S1930, the first device 100 may transmit, to the second device 200,a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) related to the PSCCH based onthe CG. For example, the first device 100 may transmit the PSCCH or thePSSCH related to the PSCCH through a CG resource in a first period. Forexample, the first period may be determined based on the periodinformation of the resource related to the CG.

In step S1940, the first device 100 may transmit, to the base stationthrough the PUCCH resource, acknowledgment (ACK), based on SL hybridautomatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback being disabled andretransmission related to the PSSCH not being required.

For example, the first device 100 may receive, from the second device,first SL HARQ feedback information for the PSSCH based on SL HARQfeedback being enabled. For example, the first device 100 may transmit,to the base station through a PUCCH, the first SL HARQ feedbackinformation. For example, the first device 100 may receive, from thebase station, a first dynamic grant (DG) and PUCCH information relatedto the first DG, based on the first SL HARQ feedback information whichis a negative acknowledgment (NACK). For example, the first device 100may retransmit, to the second device 200, the PSCCH or the PSSCH relatedto the PSCCH based on a resource allocated through the first DG within apre-configured time window related to the CG.

For example, the first device 100 may receive, from the second device200, second SL HARQ feedback information for the retransmitted PSCCH orthe retransmitted PSSCH related to the retransmitted PSCCH. For example,the first device 100 may transmit, to the base station through a PUCCHrelated to the first DG, NACK based on the second SL HARQ feedbackinformation which is NACK. For example, the first device 100 mayreceive, from the base station, a second DG and PUCCH informationrelated to the second DG. For example, the first device 100 mayretransmit, to the second device 200, the PSCCH or the PSSCH related tothe PSCCH based on a resource allocated through the second DG within thepre-configured time window related to the CG.

For example, a buffer related to a SL HARQ process may be flushed by thefirst device 100 after the pre-configured time window related to the CG.For example, the SL HARQ process is a HARQ process based on theretransmitted PSCCH or the retransmitted PSSCH related to theretransmitted PSCCH.

For example, the first device 100 may receive, from the base station, aDG and PUCCH information related to the DG, based on SL HARQ feedbackbeing enabled, the first device 100 which receives ACK from the seconddevice 200, and the first device 100 which transmits ACK to the basestation through a PUCCH. For example, the base station may misidentifyACK information transmitted by the first device 100 through the PUCCH asNACK information. For example, the base station may transmit the DG tothe first device 100 based on the misidentification of ACK informationas NACK information. For example, the first device 100 may notretransmit the PSCCH or the PSSCH related to the PSCCH to the seconddevice 200 based on a resource allocated through the DG. For example,the first device 100 may transmit ACK to the base station based on aPUCCH resource allocated through the DG.

The proposed method may be applied to the device(s) based on variousembodiments of the present disclosure. First, the processor 102 of thefirst device 100 may control the transceiver 106 to receive, from a basestation, a configured grant (CG). In addition, the processor 102 of thefirst device 100 may control the transceiver 106 to transmit, to thesecond device 200, a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) based onthe CG. In addition, the processor 102 of the first device 100 maycontrol the transceiver 106 to transmit, to the second device 200, aphysical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) related to the PSCCH based onthe CG. In addition, the processor 102 of the first device 100 maycontrol the transceiver 106 to transmit, to the base station through thePUCCH resource, acknowledgment (ACK), based on SL hybrid automaticrepeat request (HARQ) feedback being disabled and retransmission relatedto the PSSCH not being required.

Based on an embodiment of the present disclosure, a first deviceconfigured to perform wireless communication may be provided. Forexample, the first device may comprise: one or more memories storinginstructions; one or more transceivers; and one or more processorsconnected to the one or more memories and the one or more transceivers.For example, the one or more processors may execute the instructions to:receive, from a base station, a configured grant (CG) includinginformation on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resourcerelated to sidelink (SL); transmit, to a second device, a physicalsidelink control channel (PSCCH) based on the CG; transmit, to thesecond device, a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) related to thePSCCH based on the CG; and transmit, to the base station through thePUCCH resource, acknowledgment (ACK), based on SL hybrid automaticrepeat request (HARQ) feedback being disabled and retransmission relatedto the PSSCH not being required.

Based on an embodiment of the present disclosure, an apparatusconfigured to control a first user equipment (UE) may be provided. Forexample, the apparatus may comprise: one or more processors; and one ormore memories operably connected to the one or more processors andstoring instructions. For example, the one or more processors mayexecute the instructions to: receive, from a base station, a configuredgrant (CG) including information on a physical uplink control channel(PUCCH) resource related to sidelink (SL); transmit, to a second UE, aphysical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) based on the CG; transmit, tothe second UE, a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) related to thePSCCH based on the CG; and transmit, to the base station through thePUCCH resource, acknowledgment (ACK), based on SL hybrid automaticrepeat request (HARQ) feedback being disabled and retransmission relatedto the PSSCH not being required.

Based on an embodiment of the present disclosure, a non-transitorycomputer-readable storage medium storing instructions may be provided.For example, the instructions, when executed, may cause a first deviceto: receive, from a base station, a configured grant (CG) includinginformation on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resourcerelated to sidelink (SL); transmit, to a second device, a physicalsidelink control channel (PSCCH) based on the CG; transmit, to thesecond device, a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) related to thePSCCH based on the CG; and transmit, to the base station through thePUCCH resource, acknowledgment (ACK), based on SL hybrid automaticrepeat request (HARQ) feedback being disabled and retransmission relatedto the PSSCH not being required.

FIG. 20 shows a method in which a first device transmits a SCI to asecond device through a PSCCH or a PSSCH related to the PSCCH, based onan embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 20 maybe combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 20 , in step S2010, the first device 100 may transmit,to the second device 200, a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH).In step S2020, the first device 100 may transmit, to the second device200, a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) related to the PSCCH.For example, the first device 100 may transmit a SCI through the PSCCHor the PSSCH related to the PSCCH. For example, the SCI may includeperiod information of a reserved resource related to sidelink (SL). Forexample, the period information of the reserved resource related to theSL may be configured by a pre-configured bit value. For example, atleast one candidate period value available in a resource pool among aplurality of candidate period values is configured for the first device.For example, a mapping relationship between the at least one candidateperiod value configured for the first device and the pre-configured bitvalue may be determined. For example, a number of the at least onecandidate period value configured for the first device may be determinedto be less than or equal to a maximum number of candidate periods basedon the pre-configured bit value. For example, the at least one candidateperiod value configured for the first device may be mapped to thepre-configured bit value in ascending order of a decimal value of thepre-configured bit value from 1st candidate period value.

For example, the first device 100 may sense transmission resources basedon a first priority. For example, the first device 100 may select afirst transmission resource based on the sensing. For example, the firstdevice 100 may reselect the first transmission resource based on thefirst transmission resource being overlapped with a second transmissionresource to be used by the second device 200. For example, the SCI mayinclude information for sharing the first transmission resource withother devices. For example, the second transmission resource may be aresource to be used by the second device 200 and may be a resourceoverlapping the first transmission resource. For example, a priority ofa packet related to the second transmission resource may be higher thana pre-configured priority. For example, the first device 100 may comparethe priority of the packet related to the second transmission resourcewith the first priority, based on a packet related to the firsttransmission resource not being transmitted. For example, based on thepriority of the packet related to the second transmission resource beinghigher than the first priority, the first device 100 may reselect thefirst transmission resource. For example, if the packet related to thefirst transmission resource is not transmitted, the first device 100 mayreselect the first transmission resource, based on the priority of thepacket related to the second transmission resource being higher than thepre-configured priority and the first priority.

The proposed method may be applied to the device(s) based on variousembodiments of the present disclosure. First, the processor 102 of thefirst device 100 may control the transceiver 106 to transmit, to thesecond device 200, a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH). Inaddition, the processor 102 of the first device 100 may control thetransceiver 106 to transmit, to the second device 200, a physicalsidelink shared channel (PSSCH) related to the PSCCH.

Based on an embodiment of the present disclosure, a first deviceconfigured to perform wireless communication may be provided. Forexample, the first device may comprise: one or more memories storinginstructions; one or more transceivers; and one or more processorsconnected to the one or more memories and the one or more transceivers.For example, the one or more processors may execute the instructions to:transmit, to a second device, a physical sidelink control channel(PSCCH); and transmit, to the second device, a physical sidelink sharedchannel (PSSCH) related to the PSCCH. For example, a SCI may betransmitted through the PSCCH or the PSSCH related to the PSCCH. Forexample, the SCI may include period information of a reserved resourcerelated to sidelink (SL). For example, the period information of thereserved resource related to the SL may be configured by apre-configured bit value. For example, at least one candidate periodvalue available in a resource pool among a plurality of candidate periodvalues may be configured for the first device. For example, a mappingrelationship between the at least one candidate period value configuredfor the first device and the pre-configured bit value may be determined.

Based on an embodiment of the present disclosure, a first deviceconfigured to perform wireless communication may be provided. Forexample, the first device may comprise: one or more memories storinginstructions; one or more transceivers; and one or more processorsconnected to the one or more memories and the one or more transceivers.For example, the one or more processors may execute the instructions to:transmit, to a second device, a physical sidelink control channel(PSCCH); and transmit, to the second device, a physical sidelink sharedchannel (PSSCH) related to the PSCCH. For example, a SCI may betransmitted through the PSCCH or the PSSCH related to the PSCCH. Forexample, the SCI may include period information of a reserved resourcerelated to sidelink (SL). For example, the period information of thereserved resource related to the SL may be configured by apre-configured bit value. For example, at least one candidate periodvalue available in a resource pool among a plurality of candidate periodvalues may be configured for the first device. For example, a mappingrelationship between the at least one candidate period value configuredfor the first device and the pre-configured bit value may be determined.

Based on an embodiment of the present disclosure, the base station maytransmit, to a first device, a configured grant (CG) includinginformation on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resourcerelated to sidelink (SL). For example, a physical sidelink controlchannel (PSCCH) may be transmitted from the first device to a seconddevice based on the CG. For example, a physical sidelink shared channel(PSSCH) related to the PSCCH may be transmitted from the first device tothe second device based on the CG. For example, the base station mayreceive, from the first device through the PUCCH resource,acknowledgment (ACK), based on SL hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ)feedback being disabled and retransmission related to the PSSCH notbeing required.

Based on an embodiment of the present disclosure, a base stationconfigured to perform wireless communication may be provided. Forexample, the base station may comprise: one or more memories storinginstructions; one or more transceivers; and one or more processorsconnected to the one or more memories and the one or more transceivers.For example, the one or more processors may execute the instructions to:transmit, to a first device, a configured grant (CG) includinginformation on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resourcerelated to sidelink (SL), wherein a physical sidelink control channel(PSCCH) is transmitted from the first device to a second device based onthe CG, wherein a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) related tothe PSCCH is transmitted from the first device to the second devicebased on the CG; and receive, from the first device through the PUCCHresource, acknowledgment (ACK), based on SL hybrid automatic repeatrequest (HARQ) feedback being disabled and retransmission related to thePSSCH not being required.

Hereinafter, device(s) to which various embodiments of the presentdisclosure can be applied will be described.

The various descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods,and/or operational flowcharts of the present disclosure described inthis document may be applied to, without being limited to, a variety offields requiring wireless communication/connection (e.g., 5G) betweendevices.

Hereinafter, a description will be given in more detail with referenceto the drawings. In the following drawings/description, the samereference symbols may denote the same or corresponding hardware blocks,software blocks, or functional blocks unless described otherwise.

FIG. 21 shows a communication system 1, based on an embodiment of thepresent disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 21 , a communication system 1 to which variousembodiments of the present disclosure are applied includes wirelessdevices, Base Stations (BSs), and a network. Herein, the wirelessdevices represent devices performing communication using Radio AccessTechnology (RAT) (e.g., 5G New RAT (NR)) or Long-Term Evolution (LTE))and may be referred to as communication/radio/5G devices. The wirelessdevices may include, without being limited to, a robot 100 a, vehicles100 b-1 and 100 b-2, an eXtended Reality (XR) device 100 c, a hand-helddevice 100 d, a home appliance 100 e, an Internet of Things (IoT) device100 f, and an Artificial Intelligence (AI) device/server 400. Forexample, the vehicles may include a vehicle having a wirelesscommunication function, an autonomous vehicle, and a vehicle capable ofperforming communication between vehicles. Herein, the vehicles mayinclude an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) (e.g., a drone). The XR devicemay include an Augmented Reality (AR)/Virtual Reality (VR)/Mixed Reality(MR) device and may be implemented in the form of a Head-Mounted Device(HMD), a Head-Up Display (HUD) mounted in a vehicle, a television, asmartphone, a computer, a wearable device, a home appliance device, adigital signage, a vehicle, a robot, etc. The hand-held device mayinclude a smartphone, a smartpad, a wearable device (e.g., a smartwatchor a smartglasses), and a computer (e.g., a notebook). The homeappliance may include a TV, a refrigerator, and a washing machine. TheIoT device may include a sensor and a smartmeter. For example, the BSsand the network may be implemented as wireless devices and a specificwireless device 200 a may operate as a BS/network node with respect toother wireless devices.

Here, wireless communication technology implemented in wireless devices100 a to 100 f of the present disclosure may include Narrowband Internetof Things for low-power communication in addition to LTE, NR, and 6G. Inthis case, for example, NB-IoT technology may be an example of Low PowerWide Area Network (LPWAN) technology and may be implemented as standardssuch as LTE Cat NB1, and/or LTE Cat NB2, and is not limited to the namedescribed above. Additionally or alternatively, the wirelesscommunication technology implemented in the wireless devices 100 a to100 f of the present disclosure may perform communication based on LTE-Mtechnology. In this case, as an example, the LTE-M technology may be anexample of the LPWAN and may be called by various names includingenhanced Machine Type Communication (eMTC), and the like. For example,the LTE-M technology may be implemented as at least any one of variousstandards such as 1) LTE CAT 0, 2) LTE Cat M1, 3) LTE Cat M2, 4) LTEnon-Bandwidth Limited (non-BL), 5) LTE-MTC, 6) LTE Machine TypeCommunication, and/or 7) LTE M, and is not limited to the name describedabove. Additionally or alternatively, the wireless communicationtechnology implemented in the wireless devices 100 a to 100 f of thepresent disclosure may include at least one of Bluetooth, Low Power WideArea Network (LPWAN), and ZigBee considering the low-powercommunication, and is not limited to the name described above. As anexample, the ZigBee technology may generate personal area networks (PAN)related to small/low-power digital communication based on variousstandards including IEEE 802.15.4, and the like, and may be called byvarious names.

The wireless devices 100 a to 100 f may be connected to the network 300via the BSs 200. An AI technology may be applied to the wireless devices100 a to 100 f and the wireless devices 100 a to 100 f may be connectedto the AI server 400 via the network 300. The network 300 may beconfigured using a 3G network, a 4G (e.g., LTE) network, or a 5G (e.g.,NR) network. Although the wireless devices 100 a to 100 f maycommunicate with each other through the BSs 200/network 300, thewireless devices 100 a to 100 f may perform direct communication (e.g.,sidelink communication) with each other without passing through theBSs/network. For example, the vehicles 100 b-1 and 100 b-2 may performdirect communication (e.g. Vehicle-to-Vehicle(V2V)/Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication). The IoT device (e.g.,a sensor) may perform direct communication with other IoT devices (e.g.,sensors) or other wireless devices 100 a to 100 f.

Wireless communication/connections 150 a, 150 b, or 150 c may beestablished between the wireless devices 100 a to 100 f/BS 200, or BS200/BS 200. Herein, the wireless communication/connections may beestablished through various RATs (e.g., 5G NR) such as uplink/downlinkcommunication 150 a, sidelink communication 150 b (or, D2Dcommunication), or inter BS communication (e.g., relay, IntegratedAccess Backhaul (IAB)). The wireless devices and the BSs/the wirelessdevices may transmit/receive radio signals to/from each other throughthe wireless communication/connections 150 a and 150 b. For example, thewireless communication/connections 150 a and 150 b may transmit/receivesignals through various physical channels. To this end, at least a partof various configuration information configuring processes, varioussignal processing processes (e.g., channel encoding/decoding,modulation/demodulation, and resource mapping/demapping), and resourceallocating processes, for transmitting/receiving radio signals, may beperformed based on the various proposals of the present disclosure.

FIG. 22 shows wireless devices, based on an embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

Referring to FIG. 22 , a first wireless device 100 and a second wirelessdevice 200 may transmit radio signals through a variety of RATs (e.g.,LTE and NR). Herein, {the first wireless device 100 and the secondwireless device 200} may correspond to {the wireless device 100 x andthe BS 200} and/or {the wireless device 100 x and the wireless device100 x} of FIG. 21 .

The first wireless device 100 may include one or more processors 102 andone or more memories 104 and additionally further include one or moretransceivers 106 and/or one or more antennas 108. The processor(s) 102may control the memory(s) 104 and/or the transceiver(s) 106 and may beconfigured to implement the descriptions, functions, procedures,proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in thisdocument. For example, the processor(s) 102 may process informationwithin the memory(s) 104 to generate first information/signals and thentransmit radio signals including the first information/signals throughthe transceiver(s) 106. The processor(s) 102 may receive radio signalsincluding second information/signals through the transceiver 106 andthen store information obtained by processing the secondinformation/signals in the memory(s) 104. The memory(s) 104 may beconnected to the processor(s) 102 and may store a variety of informationrelated to operations of the processor(s) 102. For example, thememory(s) 104 may store software code including commands for performinga part or the entirety of processes controlled by the processor(s) 102or for performing the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals,methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document.Herein, the processor(s) 102 and the memory(s) 104 may be a part of acommunication modem/circuit/chip designed to implement RAT (e.g., LTE orNR). The transceiver(s) 106 may be connected to the processor(s) 102 andtransmit and/or receive radio signals through one or more antennas 108.Each of the transceiver(s) 106 may include a transmitter and/or areceiver. The transceiver(s) 106 may be interchangeably used with RadioFrequency (RF) unit(s). In the present disclosure, the wireless devicemay represent a communication modem/circuit/chip.

The second wireless device 200 may include one or more processors 202and one or more memories 204 and additionally further include one ormore transceivers 206 and/or one or more antennas 208. The processor(s)202 may control the memory(s) 204 and/or the transceiver(s) 206 and maybe configured to implement the descriptions, functions, procedures,proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in thisdocument. For example, the processor(s) 202 may process informationwithin the memory(s) 204 to generate third information/signals and thentransmit radio signals including the third information/signals throughthe transceiver(s) 206. The processor(s) 202 may receive radio signalsincluding fourth information/signals through the transceiver(s) 106 andthen store information obtained by processing the fourthinformation/signals in the memory(s) 204. The memory(s) 204 may beconnected to the processor(s) 202 and may store a variety of informationrelated to operations of the processor(s) 202. For example, thememory(s) 204 may store software code including commands for performinga part or the entirety of processes controlled by the processor(s) 202or for performing the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals,methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document.Herein, the processor(s) 202 and the memory(s) 204 may be a part of acommunication modem/circuit/chip designed to implement RAT (e.g., LTE orNR). The transceiver(s) 206 may be connected to the processor(s) 202 andtransmit and/or receive radio signals through one or more antennas 208.Each of the transceiver(s) 206 may include a transmitter and/or areceiver. The transceiver(s) 206 may be interchangeably used with RFunit(s). In the present disclosure, the wireless device may represent acommunication modem/circuit/chip.

Hereinafter, hardware elements of the wireless devices 100 and 200 willbe described more specifically. One or more protocol layers may beimplemented by, without being limited to, one or more processors 102 and202. For example, the one or more processors 102 and 202 may implementone or more layers (e.g., functional layers such as PHY, MAC, RLC, PDCP,RRC, and SDAP). The one or more processors 102 and 202 may generate oneor more Protocol Data Units (PDUs) and/or one or more Service Data Unit(SDUs) according to the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals,methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document. Theone or more processors 102 and 202 may generate messages, controlinformation, data, or information according to the descriptions,functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowchartsdisclosed in this document. The one or more processors 102 and 202 maygenerate signals (e.g., baseband signals) including PDUs, SDUs,messages, control information, data, or information according to thedescriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/oroperational flowcharts disclosed in this document and provide thegenerated signals to the one or more transceivers 106 and 206. The oneor more processors 102 and 202 may receive the signals (e.g., basebandsignals) from the one or more transceivers 106 and 206 and acquire thePDUs, SDUs, messages, control information, data, or informationaccording to the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals,methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document.

The one or more processors 102 and 202 may be referred to ascontrollers, microcontrollers, microprocessors, or microcomputers. Theone or more processors 102 and 202 may be implemented by hardware,firmware, software, or a combination thereof. As an example, one or moreApplication Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), one or more DigitalSignal Processors (DSPs), one or more Digital Signal Processing Devices(DSPDs), one or more Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs), or one or moreField Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) may be included in the one ormore processors 102 and 202. The descriptions, functions, procedures,proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in thisdocument may be implemented using firmware or software and the firmwareor software may be configured to include the modules, procedures, orfunctions. Firmware or software configured to perform the descriptions,functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowchartsdisclosed in this document may be included in the one or more processors102 and 202 or stored in the one or more memories 104 and 204 so as tobe driven by the one or more processors 102 and 202. The descriptions,functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowchartsdisclosed in this document may be implemented using firmware or softwarein the form of code, commands, and/or a set of commands.

The one or more memories 104 and 204 may be connected to the one or moreprocessors 102 and 202 and store various types of data, signals,messages, information, programs, code, instructions, and/or commands.The one or more memories 104 and 204 may be configured by Read-OnlyMemories (ROMs), Random Access Memories (RAMs), Electrically ErasableProgrammable Read-Only Memories (EPROMs), flash memories, hard drives,registers, cash memories, computer-readable storage media, and/orcombinations thereof. The one or more memories 104 and 204 may belocated at the interior and/or exterior of the one or more processors102 and 202. The one or more memories 104 and 204 may be connected tothe one or more processors 102 and 202 through various technologies suchas wired or wireless connection.

The one or more transceivers 106 and 206 may transmit user data, controlinformation, and/or radio signals/channels, mentioned in the methodsand/or operational flowcharts of this document, to one or more otherdevices. The one or more transceivers 106 and 206 may receive user data,control information, and/or radio signals/channels, mentioned in thedescriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/oroperational flowcharts disclosed in this document, from one or moreother devices. For example, the one or more transceivers 106 and 206 maybe connected to the one or more processors 102 and 202 and transmit andreceive radio signals. For example, the one or more processors 102 and202 may perform control so that the one or more transceivers 106 and 206may transmit user data, control information, or radio signals to one ormore other devices. The one or more processors 102 and 202 may performcontrol so that the one or more transceivers 106 and 206 may receiveuser data, control information, or radio signals from one or more otherdevices. The one or more transceivers 106 and 206 may be connected tothe one or more antennas 108 and 208 and the one or more transceivers106 and 206 may be configured to transmit and receive user data, controlinformation, and/or radio signals/channels, mentioned in thedescriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/oroperational flowcharts disclosed in this document, through the one ormore antennas 108 and 208. In this document, the one or more antennasmay be a plurality of physical antennas or a plurality of logicalantennas (e.g., antenna ports). The one or more transceivers 106 and 206may convert received radio signals/channels etc. from RF band signalsinto baseband signals in order to process received user data, controlinformation, radio signals/channels, etc. using the one or moreprocessors 102 and 202. The one or more transceivers 106 and 206 mayconvert the user data, control information, radio signals/channels, etc.processed using the one or more processors 102 and 202 from the baseband signals into the RF band signals. To this end, the one or moretransceivers 106 and 206 may include (analog) oscillators and/orfilters.

FIG. 23 shows a signal process circuit for a transmission signal, basedon an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 23 , a signal processing circuit 1000 may includescramblers 1010, modulators 1020, a layer mapper 1030, a precoder 1040,resource mappers 1050, and signal generators 1060. An operation/functionof FIG. 23 may be performed, without being limited to, the processors102 and 202 and/or the transceivers 106 and 206 of FIG. 22 . Hardwareelements of FIG. 23 may be implemented by the processors 102 and 202and/or the transceivers 106 and 206 of FIG. 22 . For example, blocks1010 to 1060 may be implemented by the processors 102 and 202 of FIG. 22. Alternatively, the blocks 1010 to 1050 may be implemented by theprocessors 102 and 202 of FIG. 22 and the block 1060 may be implementedby the transceivers 106 and 206 of FIG. 22 .

Codewords may be converted into radio signals via the signal processingcircuit 1000 of FIG. 23 . Herein, the codewords are encoded bitsequences of information blocks. The information blocks may includetransport blocks (e.g., a UL-SCH transport block, a DL-SCH transportblock). The radio signals may be transmitted through various physicalchannels (e.g., a PUSCH and a PDSCH).

Specifically, the codewords may be converted into scrambled bitsequences by the scramblers 1010. Scramble sequences used for scramblingmay be generated based on an initialization value, and theinitialization value may include ID information of a wireless device.The scrambled bit sequences may be modulated to modulation symbolsequences by the modulators 1020. A modulation scheme may includepi/2-Binary Phase Shift Keying (pi/2-BPSK), m-Phase Shift Keying(m-PSK), and m-Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (m-QAM). Complexmodulation symbol sequences may be mapped to one or more transportlayers by the layer mapper 1030. Modulation symbols of each transportlayer may be mapped (precoded) to corresponding antenna port(s) by theprecoder 1040. Outputs z of the precoder 1040 may be obtained bymultiplying outputs y of the layer mapper 1030 by an N*M precodingmatrix W. Herein, N is the number of antenna ports and M is the numberof transport layers. The precoder 1040 may perform precoding afterperforming transform precoding (e.g., DFT) for complex modulationsymbols. Alternatively, the precoder 1040 may perform precoding withoutperforming transform precoding.

The resource mappers 1050 may map modulation symbols of each antennaport to time-frequency resources. The time-frequency resources mayinclude a plurality of symbols (e.g., a CP-OFDMA symbols and DFT-s-OFDMAsymbols) in the time domain and a plurality of subcarriers in thefrequency domain. The signal generators 1060 may generate radio signalsfrom the mapped modulation symbols and the generated radio signals maybe transmitted to other devices through each antenna. For this purpose,the signal generators 1060 may include Inverse Fast Fourier Transform(IFFT) modules, Cyclic Prefix (CP) inserters, Digital-to-AnalogConverters (DACs), and frequency up-converters.

Signal processing procedures for a signal received in the wirelessdevice may be configured in a reverse manner of the signal processingprocedures 1010 to 1060 of FIG. 23 . For example, the wireless devices(e.g., 100 and 200 of FIG. 22 ) may receive radio signals from theexterior through the antenna ports/transceivers. The received radiosignals may be converted into baseband signals through signal restorers.To this end, the signal restorers may include frequency downlinkconverters, Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADCs), CP remover, and FastFourier Transform (FFT) modules. Next, the baseband signals may berestored to codewords through a resource demapping procedure, apostcoding procedure, a demodulation processor, and a descramblingprocedure. The codewords may be restored to original information blocksthrough decoding. Therefore, a signal processing circuit (notillustrated) for a reception signal may include signal restorers,resource demappers, a postcoder, demodulators, descramblers, anddecoders.

FIG. 24 shows another example of a wireless device, based on anembodiment of the present disclosure. The wireless device may beimplemented in various forms according to a use-case/service (refer toFIG. 21 ).

Referring to FIG. 24 , wireless devices 100 and 200 may correspond tothe wireless devices 100 and 200 of FIG. 22 and may be configured byvarious elements, components, units/portions, and/or modules. Forexample, each of the wireless devices 100 and 200 may include acommunication unit 110, a control unit 120, a memory unit 130, andadditional components 140. The communication unit may include acommunication circuit 112 and transceiver(s) 114. For example, thecommunication circuit 112 may include the one or more processors 102 and202 and/or the one or more memories 104 and 204 of FIG. 22 . Forexample, the transceiver(s) 114 may include the one or more transceivers106 and 206 and/or the one or more antennas 108 and 208 of FIG. 22 . Thecontrol unit 120 is electrically connected to the communication unit110, the memory 130, and the additional components 140 and controlsoverall operation of the wireless devices. For example, the control unit120 may control an electric/mechanical operation of the wireless devicebased on programs/code/commands/information stored in the memory unit130. The control unit 120 may transmit the information stored in thememory unit 130 to the exterior (e.g., other communication devices) viathe communication unit 110 through a wireless/wired interface or store,in the memory unit 130, information received through the wireless/wiredinterface from the exterior (e.g., other communication devices) via thecommunication unit 110.

The additional components 140 may be variously configured according totypes of wireless devices. For example, the additional components 140may include at least one of a power unit/battery, input/output (I/O)unit, a driving unit, and a computing unit. The wireless device may beimplemented in the form of, without being limited to, the robot (100 aof FIG. 21 ), the vehicles (100 b-1 and 100 b-2 of FIG. 21 ), the XRdevice (100 c of FIG. 21 ), the hand-held device (100 d of FIG. 21 ),the home appliance (100 e of FIG. 21 ), the IoT device (100 f of FIG. 21), a digital broadcast terminal, a hologram device, a public safetydevice, an MTC device, a medicine device, a fintech device (or a financedevice), a security device, a climate/environment device, the AIserver/device (400 of FIG. 21 ), the BSs (200 of FIG. 21 ), a networknode, etc. The wireless device may be used in a mobile or fixed placeaccording to a use-example/service.

In FIG. 24 , the entirety of the various elements, components,units/portions, and/or modules in the wireless devices 100 and 200 maybe connected to each other through a wired interface or at least a partthereof may be wirelessly connected through the communication unit 110.For example, in each of the wireless devices 100 and 200, the controlunit 120 and the communication unit 110 may be connected by wire and thecontrol unit 120 and first units (e.g., 130 and 140) may be wirelesslyconnected through the communication unit 110. Each element, component,unit/portion, and/or module within the wireless devices 100 and 200 mayfurther include one or more elements. For example, the control unit 120may be configured by a set of one or more processors. As an example, thecontrol unit 120 may be configured by a set of a communication controlprocessor, an application processor, an Electronic Control Unit (ECU), agraphical processing unit, and a memory control processor. As anotherexample, the memory 130 may be configured by a Random Access Memory(RAM), a Dynamic RAM (DRAM), a Read Only Memory (ROM)), a flash memory,a volatile memory, a non-volatile memory, and/or a combination thereof.

Hereinafter, an example of implementing FIG. 24 will be described indetail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 25 shows a hand-held device, based on an embodiment of the presentdisclosure. The hand-held device may include a smartphone, a smartpad, awearable device (e.g., a smartwatch or a smartglasses), or a portablecomputer (e.g., a notebook). The hand-held device may be referred to asa mobile station (MS), a user terminal (UT), a Mobile Subscriber Station(MSS), a Subscriber Station (SS), an Advanced Mobile Station (AMS), or aWireless Terminal (WT).

Referring to FIG. 25 , a hand-held device 100 may include an antennaunit 108, a communication unit 110, a control unit 120, a memory unit130, a power supply unit 140 a, an interface unit 140 b, and an I/O unit140 c. The antenna unit 108 may be configured as a part of thecommunication unit 110. Blocks 110 to 130/140 a to 140 c correspond tothe blocks 110 to 130/140 of FIG. 24 , respectively.

The communication unit 110 may transmit and receive signals (e.g., dataand control signals) to and from other wireless devices or BSs. Thecontrol unit 120 may perform various operations by controllingconstituent elements of the hand-held device 100. The control unit 120may include an Application Processor (AP). The memory unit 130 may storedata/parameters/programs/code/commands needed to drive the hand-helddevice 100. The memory unit 130 may store input/output data/information.The power supply unit 140 a may supply power to the hand-held device 100and include a wired/wireless charging circuit, a battery, etc. Theinterface unit 140 b may support connection of the hand-held device 100to other external devices. The interface unit 140 b may include variousports (e.g., an audio I/O port and a video I/O port) for connection withexternal devices. The I/O unit 140 c may input or output videoinformation/signals, audio information/signals, data, and/or informationinput by a user. The I/O unit 140 c may include a camera, a microphone,a user input unit, a display unit 140 d, a speaker, and/or a hapticmodule.

As an example, in the case of data communication, the I/O unit 140 c mayacquire information/signals (e.g., touch, text, voice, images, or video)input by a user and the acquired information/signals may be stored inthe memory unit 130. The communication unit 110 may convert theinformation/signals stored in the memory into radio signals and transmitthe converted radio signals to other wireless devices directly or to aBS. The communication unit 110 may receive radio signals from otherwireless devices or the BS and then restore the received radio signalsinto original information/signals. The restored information/signals maybe stored in the memory unit 130 and may be output as various types(e.g., text, voice, images, video, or haptic) through the I/O unit 140c.

FIG. 26 shows a vehicle or an autonomous vehicle, based on an embodimentof the present disclosure. The vehicle or autonomous vehicle may beimplemented by a mobile robot, a car, a train, a manned/unmanned AerialVehicle (AV), a ship, etc.

Referring to FIG. 26 , a vehicle or autonomous vehicle 100 may includean antenna unit 108, a communication unit 110, a control unit 120, adriving unit 140 a, a power supply unit 140 b, a sensor unit 140 c, andan autonomous driving unit 140 d. The antenna unit 108 may be configuredas a part of the communication unit 110. The blocks 110/130/140 a to 140d correspond to the blocks 110/130/140 of FIG. 24 , respectively.

The communication unit 110 may transmit and receive signals (e.g., dataand control signals) to and from external devices such as othervehicles, BSs (e.g., gNBs and road side units), and servers. The controlunit 120 may perform various operations by controlling elements of thevehicle or the autonomous vehicle 100. The control unit 120 may includean Electronic Control Unit (ECU). The driving unit 140 a may cause thevehicle or the autonomous vehicle 100 to drive on a road. The drivingunit 140 a may include an engine, a motor, a powertrain, a wheel, abrake, a steering device, etc. The power supply unit 140 b may supplypower to the vehicle or the autonomous vehicle 100 and include awired/wireless charging circuit, a battery, etc. The sensor unit 140 cmay acquire a vehicle state, ambient environment information, userinformation, etc. The sensor unit 140 c may include an InertialMeasurement Unit (IMU) sensor, a collision sensor, a wheel sensor, aspeed sensor, a slope sensor, a weight sensor, a heading sensor, aposition module, a vehicle forward/backward sensor, a battery sensor, afuel sensor, a tire sensor, a steering sensor, a temperature sensor, ahumidity sensor, an ultrasonic sensor, an illumination sensor, a pedalposition sensor, etc. The autonomous driving unit 140 d may implementtechnology for maintaining a lane on which a vehicle is driving,technology for automatically adjusting speed, such as adaptive cruisecontrol, technology for autonomously driving along a determined path,technology for driving by automatically setting a path if a destinationis set, and the like.

For example, the communication unit 110 may receive map data, trafficinformation data, etc. from an external server. The autonomous drivingunit 140 d may generate an autonomous driving path and a driving planfrom the obtained data. The control unit 120 may control the drivingunit 140 a such that the vehicle or the autonomous vehicle 100 may movealong the autonomous driving path according to the driving plan (e.g.,speed/direction control). In the middle of autonomous driving, thecommunication unit 110 may aperiodically/periodically acquire recenttraffic information data from the external server and acquiresurrounding traffic information data from neighboring vehicles. In themiddle of autonomous driving, the sensor unit 140 c may obtain a vehiclestate and/or surrounding environment information. The autonomous drivingunit 140 d may update the autonomous driving path and the driving planbased on the newly obtained data/information. The communication unit 110may transfer information about a vehicle position, the autonomousdriving path, and/or the driving plan to the external server. Theexternal server may predict traffic information data using AItechnology, etc., based on the information collected from vehicles orautonomous vehicles and provide the predicted traffic information datato the vehicles or the autonomous vehicles.

Claims in the present description can be combined in a various way. Forinstance, technical features in method claims of the present descriptioncan be combined to be implemented or performed in an apparatus, andtechnical features in apparatus claims can be combined to be implementedor performed in a method. Further, technical features in method claim(s)and apparatus claim(s) can be combined to be implemented or performed inan apparatus. Further, technical features in method claim(s) andapparatus claim(s) can be combined to be implemented or performed in amethod.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method for performing, by a first device,wireless communication, the method comprising: receiving, from a basestation, a sidelink (SL) configured grant (CG) including informationregarding a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) resource for aphysical uplink control channel (PUCCH) for the SL CG; transmitting, toa second device, sidelink control information (SCI) for scheduling aphysical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) through a physical sidelinkcontrol channel (PSCCH), based on the SL CG; transmitting, to the seconddevice, a medium access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU) throughthe PSSCH, based on the SL CG; and transmitting, to the base station,acknowledgement (ACK) through the PUCCH resource, based on SL HARQfeedback being disabled for the MAC PDU and retransmission of the MACPDU being not required.
 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:receiving, from the second device, first SL HARQ feedback informationfor the PSSCH based on SL HARQ feedback being enabled; and transmitting,to the base station, the first SL HARQ feedback information through aPUCCH.
 3. The method of claim 2, wherein the SL CG includes periodinformation of a resource included in the SL CG, wherein the SCI or theMAC PDU is transmitted through a SL CG resource in a first period, andwherein the first period is determined based on the period informationof the resource included in the SL CG.
 4. The method of claim 3, furthercomprising: receiving, from the base station, a first dynamic grant (DG)and PUCCH information of the first DG, based on the first SL HARQfeedback information which is a negative acknowledgment (NACK); andretransmitting, to the second device, the SCI or the MAC PDU based on aresource included in the first DG within a pre-configured time windowwhich includes a period after the first period and before a secondperiod including a transmission resource having a same HARQ process IDas a HARQ process ID of the SL CG resource in the first period in whichan initial transmission is performed.
 5. The method of claim 4, furthercomprising: receiving, from the second device, second SL HARQ feedbackinformation for the retransmitted SCI or the retransmitted MAC PDU;transmitting, to the base station through a PUCCH of the first DG, NACKbased on the second SL HARQ feedback information which is NACK;receiving, from the base station, a second DG and PUCCH information ofthe second DG; and retransmitting, to the second device, the SCI or theMAC PDU based on a resource included in the second DG within thepre-configured time window, wherein a buffer related to a SL HARQprocess is flushed by the first device after the pre-configured timewindow, and wherein the SL HARQ process is a HARQ process based on theretransmitted SCI or the retransmitted MAC PDU.
 6. The method of claim1, further comprising: receiving, from the base station, a DG and PUCCHinformation of the DG, based on SL HARQ feedback being enabled, thefirst device which receives ACK from the second device, and the firstdevice which transmits ACK to the base station through a PUCCH, andwherein the SCI or the MAC PDU is not retransmitted to the second devicebased on a resource included in the DG.
 7. The method of claim 6,further comprising: transmitting, to the base station, ACK based on aPUCCH resource included in the DG.
 8. A first device for performingwireless communication, the first device comprising: one or morememories storing instructions; one or more transceivers; and one or moreprocessors connected to the one or more memories and the one or moretransceivers, wherein the one or more processors execute theinstructions to: receive, from a base station, a sidelink (SL)configured grant (CG) including information regarding a hybrid automaticrepeat request (HARQ) resource for a physical uplink control channel(PUCCH) for the SL CG; transmit, to a second device, sidelink controlinformation (SCI) for scheduling a physical sidelink shared channel(PSSCH) through a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH), based onthe SL CG; transmit, to the second device, a medium access control (MAC)protocol data unit (PDU) through the PSSCH, based on the SL CG; andtransmit, to the base station, acknowledgement (ACK) through the PUCCHresource, based on SL HARQ feedback being disabled for the MAC PDU andretransmission of the MAC PDU being not required.
 9. The first device ofclaim 8, wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions to:receive, from the second device, first SL HARQ feedback information forthe PSSCH based on SL HARQ feedback being enabled; and transmit, to thebase station, the first SL HARQ feedback information through a PUCCH.10. The first device of claim 9, wherein the SL CG includes periodinformation of a resource included in the SL CG, wherein the SCI or theMAC PDU is transmitted through a SL CG resource in a first period, andwherein the first period is determined based on the period informationof the resource included in the SL CG.
 11. The first device of claim 10,wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions to: receive,from the base station, a first dynamic grant (DG) and PUCCH informationof the first DG, based on the first SL HARQ feedback information whichis a negative acknowledgment (NACK); and retransmit, to the seconddevice, the SCI or the MAC PDU based on a resource included in the firstDG within a pre-configured time window which includes a period after thefirst period and before a second period including a transmissionresource having a same HARQ process ID as a HARQ process ID of the SL CGresource in the first period in which an initial transmission isperformed.
 12. A device adapted to control a first user equipment (UE),the device comprising: one or more processors; and one or more memoriesoperably connectable to the one or more processors and storinginstructions, wherein the one or more processors execute theinstructions to: receive, from a base station, a sidelink (SL)configured grant (CG) including information regarding a hybrid automaticrepeat request (HARQ) resource for a physical uplink control channel(PUCCH) for the SL CG; transmit, to a second UE, sidelink controlinformation (SCI) for scheduling a physical sidelink shared channel(PSSCH) through a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH), based onthe SL CG; transmit, to the second UE, a medium access control (MAC)protocol data unit (PDU) through the PSSCH, based on the SL CG; andtransmit, to the base station, acknowledgement (ACK) through the PUCCHresource, based on SL HARQ feedback being disabled for the MAC PDU andretransmission of the MAC PDU being not required.
 13. The device ofclaim 12, wherein the one or more processors execute the instructionsto: receive, from the second UE, first SL HARQ feedback information forthe PSSCH based on SL HARQ feedback being enabled; and transmit, to thebase station, the first SL HARQ feedback information through a PUCCH.14. The device of claim 13, wherein the SL CG includes periodinformation of a resource included in the SL CG, wherein the SCI or theMAC PDU is transmitted through a SL CG resource in a first period, andwherein the first period is determined based on the period informationof the resource included in the SL CG.
 15. The device of claim 14,wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions to: receive,from the base station, a first dynamic grant (DG) and PUCCH informationof the first DG, based on the first SL HARQ feedback information whichis a negative acknowledgment (NACK); and retransmit, to the second UEthe SCI or the MAC PDU based on a resource included in the first DGwithin a pre-configured time window which includes a period after thefirst period and before a second period including a transmissionresource having a same HARQ process ID as a HARQ process ID of the SL CGresource in the first period in which an initial transmission isperformed.